Patent ID: 8105317

Claim:
A urethral sealing device comprising: first and second body portions selectively attachable to one another to assume an attached configuration forming a unitary element including a first catheter lumen extending therethrough between proximal and distal ends of the unitary element wherein, when the sealing device is in an operative position, the distal end is positioned within a urinary bladder and wherein, when in a detached configuration, a first portion of a wall of the catheter lumen in the first body portion is separated from a radially opposed second portion of the wall of the catheter lumen in the second body portion; and a sealing element extending radially outward from the unitary element so that, when the sealing device is in the operative position, the sealing element is adapted to engage one of a wall of the urethra and a wall of the urinary bladder around an orifice at which the urethra opens into the urinary bladder to seal the urethra, wherein the unitary element further comprises a second catheter lumen extending therethrough between the proximal and distal ends of the unitary element, each one of the catheter lumen and the second catheter lumen corresponding to a respective channel in a material of the unitary element.