Patents Examined by Tatyana Zaukaeva
  • Patent number: 7186245
    Abstract: Novel component devices for urine management systems including a novel collection device, a novel conveyance tube, and a novel storage container. The collection device, a novel male catheter, comprises a waterproof, thin-walled conduction tube surrounding the penis, having wettable internal walls and containing a spacing wick. At one end, the conduction tube is connected to, or surrounded by, an elastic compression tube that provides a uniform compressive force around the girth of the penis for attachment and liquid seal to said penis, and at the other end is attached to a fitting that connects to the conveyance tube. The elastic compression tube is radially expanded prior to donning and, when in place over the penis, is allowed to elastically retract, providing radial compression for comfortable, and leak-free fit and use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2007
    Inventors: Gordon C. Cheng, James R. Valentine, Daniel M. Beane, Richard M. Beane