Patent ID: 7410477
Filing Date: 2008-08-12
Classification: A61M

Abstract:
1. A method of inserting a supra pubic catheter, the method comprising the steps of: providing the supra pubic catheter having a proximal end and a distal end, the distal end having an inflatable balloon, and the proximal end having a retainer that frictionally engages the catheter; surgically creating a stomal tunnel in a pelvic wall through to the bladder; inserting the distal end of the catheter having the balloon through the stomal tunnel and into the bladder; inflating the balloon such that the distal end of the catheter is maintained in the bladder; and sliding the retainer along the catheter towards the pelvic wall such that the balloon is secured against the bladder to prevent leakage within the stomal tunnel and movement of the balloon relative to the bladder.