Patent ID: 6673051
Filing Date: 2004-01-06
Classification: A61M,F16K

Abstract:
A bladder cycler for use with catheters, comprising in combination:a housing having an inlet end and an outlet end, connected to ends of a catheter; means for interconnecting both the inlet end and the outlet end of the housing for allowing the housing to be held by the ends of the catheter; a low pressure-activated valve inside the housing of the catheter, the valve having a first magnet which is stationary and a second magnet moveable relative to the first magnet, the second moveable magnet being moveable from a closed position to an open position, wherein low pressure applied to the pressure-activated valve allows for the valve to move from a closed position to inhibit fluid flow therethrough to an open position which allows the fluid flow therethrough; and an adjustably moveable third magnet fixably attached to the housing and being adjacent to the stationary first magnet, the third magnet for adjusting magnetic attraction forces between the first magnet and the second magnet.