VALVE ASSEMBLY INCLUDING DISSOLVABLE VALVE MEMBER

VALVE ASSEMBLY INCLUDING DISSOLVABLE VALVE MEMBER

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a device which can retain irrigation solution and/or antimicrobial solution within a catheter for a predetermined period and then permits drainage of the catheter without intervention by medical personnel at a medical site and is usable with the catheter. SOLUTION: A...

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Sprache:eng
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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
HUMAN NECESSITIES
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MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE
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Zusammenfassung:PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a device which can retain irrigation solution and/or antimicrobial solution within a catheter for a predetermined period and then permits drainage of the catheter without intervention by medical personnel at a medical site and is usable with the catheter. SOLUTION: A valve assembly 10 is provided which includes: a housing 11 having an inlet end 20 and an outlet end 22 and defining a fluid channel 18 and a central chamber; and a dissolvable valve member which is positioned to obstruct flow through the channel within the chamber and is formed of a material which is dissolvable at a predetermined rate upon contact with a preselected fluid. COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT