Patent ID: 8066693
Filing Date: 2011-11-29
Classification: A61F,A61M,B29C,B29K,B29L

Abstract:
1. A kit for preparing a catheter for draining a bodily cavity, the kit comprising at least a first catheter section having a first fluid passage therein and a second catheter section having a second fluid passage therein, said first and second catheter sections being joined by a telescopic joint, said first catheter section having a proximal end portion intended for insertion into the human bladder, the sections arranged in a first mutual configuration wherein the first and second fluid passages are joined into one continuous substantially linear fluid passage and the sections together constitute a catheter having a fluid passageway of a length longer than the length of each individual section and having such a rigidity that the catheter is manipulatable for insertion of said proximal end portion of the first catheter section into the bladder by manipulation of said second catheter section, and in a second mutual configuration in which the first catheter section is telescopically received within said second catheter section in a substantially concentric arrangement.