Patent ID: 9125800
Filing Date: 2015-09-08
Classification: A61B,A61J,A61M

Abstract:
1. An indicator assembly for use with an indwelling non-vascular catheter device having a base for deployment outside a human body and an indwelling retainer for deployment within a lumen or cavity of the human body by insertion through a stoma, the assembly comprising: a first retainer secured to a catheter tube, the first retainer being an indwelling retainer for deployment within the human body; a second retainer secured to the catheter tube, the second retainer being an external retainer for deployment outside the human body; and an indicator configured to be located outside the human body on the catheter tube between the first retainer and the second retainer, the indicator including an indicia, wherein the first retainer and the second retainer are configured to maintain substantially a same position with respect to each other on the catheter tube and the indicator is configured to reveal the indicia to provide a signal indicating a change in position with respect to either the first or the second retainer thereby indicating a change in a length of a stoma, wherein the indicator includes at least a first indicator element and a second indicator element, and wherein at least one of the indicator elements is configured to be movable or deformable with respect to the other of the indicator elements and the signal provided by the indicator is a visual signal or a tactile signal.