Urinary incontinence control device

Details Urinary incontinence control device Urinary incontinence control device

1996-11-06

1998-05-12

Bahr, Jennifer

Surgery

Body inserted urinary or colonic incontinent device or...

600 31, 128DIG25, 604280, 604283, A61F 200

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ABSTRACT:
A urinary incontinence control device including a catheter with a laterally extending projection which can be elastically deformed by an actuator from a protruding position for retention to a non-protruding position for catheter insertion and removal. The actuator is slidably disposed in the catheter for retracting the projection. The catheter has a connector at a proximal end for locking the actuator in the catheter when the projection is retracted facilitating insertion and removal of the device in the urinary tract of a human female.

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