FOLEY CATHETER OR ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE WITHBALLOON OF A THERMOPLASTIC ELASTOMER

摘要

A catheter having a shaft including a drainage lumen and an inflation lumen is provided with a molded connector unit bonded to its proximal end, the connector unit including a drainage fitting and an inflation side arm. A rigid adapter tube has its forward end extending into the drainage lumen and its rearward end seated against the drainage fitting to seal the drainage lumen and fitting from the side arm and inflation lumen; the adapter tube provides communication between the drainage lumen and the drainage fitting and the connector unit provides communication between the inflation lumen and the inflation side arm.