SMART URINARY CATHETER

A urinary catheter (20) having a sensor or indicator (22) affixed therein in a location that will be in the flow of urine when catheter is in use. The indicator comprises an electrolytic wicking material (41) having an anode (42) and a cathode (44) thereon separated across a gap (G). The wicking mat...

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1. Verfasser:	PALMER, Timothy A
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng ; fre ; ger
Schlagworte:	BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS DEVICES FOR INTRODUCING MEDIA INTO, OR ONTO, THE BODY DEVICES FOR PRODUCING OR ENDING SLEEP OR STUPOR DEVICES FOR TRANSDUCING BODY MEDIA OR FOR TAKING MEDIA FROMTHE BODY DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF,TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, E.G. STENTS DIAGNOSIS FILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS FIRST-AID KITS FOMENTATION HUMAN NECESSITIES HYGIENE IDENTIFICATION MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES PROSTHESES SURGERY TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS
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Zusammenfassung:	A urinary catheter (20) having a sensor or indicator (22) affixed therein in a location that will be in the flow of urine when catheter is in use. The indicator comprises an electrolytic wicking material (41) having an anode (42) and a cathode (44) thereon separated across a gap (G). The wicking material may be paper. The indicator further includes an output transducer (48) positioned and connected relative to the anode and cathode such that a circuit which energizes the output transducer is created when urine flows. The indicator is configured to generate an output signal received at a remote location so that a medical practitioner can monitor proper usage of the catheter.