Patent ID: 7758542
Filing Date: 2010-07-20
Classification: A61F,A61M

Abstract:
1. An endourethral device comprising: a. a tubular body having proximal and distal end segments, said proximal end segment including at least a single fluid filling port; b. a reversibly expandable element disposed circumferentially about said proximal end portion of said tubular body so as to overlay said at least a single fluid filling port, said reversibly expandable element including a fluid drain characterized by a fluid discharge channel exterior a surface of said tubular body with fluid thereby discharging immediately adjacent said reversibly expandable element; c. a fluid flow regulator, interposed between said at least a single fluid filling port and said reversibly expandable element, for one-way fluid flow in furtherance of expanding said reversibly expandable element; and, d. a retrieval system operatively linked with said tubular body, said retrieval system including a plug reversibly receivable within said fluid drain of said reversibly expandible element in furtherance of draining said reversibly expandable element.