ABSORBENT DEVICE FOR USE WITH CATHETER

An absorbent cuff for use with a male patient wearing a catheter is provided, the cuff including a nonpermeable body operable to receive and enclose an absorbent material and to prevent leakage of a fluid retained. A circumferentially concave opening is operable for positioning on the catheter below...

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Hauptverfasser:	MCINTYRE, Matthew, G, FALKNER, Peter, T, PLESSALA, Deneen, T, HADDAD, Michael, PLESSALA, Kirby, J
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 FILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS FIRST-AID KITS FOMENTATION HUMAN NECESSITIES HYGIENE MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES PROSTHESES TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS
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Zusammenfassung:	An absorbent cuff for use with a male patient wearing a catheter is provided, the cuff including a nonpermeable body operable to receive and enclose an absorbent material and to prevent leakage of a fluid retained. A circumferentially concave opening is operable for positioning on the catheter below the head of a patient's penis and surround the point of insertion of the catheter into the patient's urethra. A catheter passage is operable to enclose a catheter and to receive and retain fluid discharged from a catheter. A slit enables a catheter to be inserted into the catheter passage of the absorbent material. An absorbent pad operable for use with female patients includes an absorbent material, a nonpermeable backing, a catheter passage, and a slit to allow for insertion and removal of a catheter.