Incontinence catheter for urinary incontinence patient has integral valve with valve ball pulled to open position using cord

摘要

The incontinence catheter for a urinary incontinence patient has a catheter tube (1) with two exterior balloons (2,3). The tube contains a valve (30) to control flow, with a valve ball (34) which can be pulled to an open position by a cord (35) extending through the catheter tube bore. The ball is engaged with a valve seat and elastically (31) biased to a closed position. Claims include an extractor for the catheter.