Stretch valve balloon catheter and methods for producing and using same

摘要

A safety balloon catheter includes a flexible, multi-lumen balloon catheter having a hollow stretch valve. The catheter has a balloon, a hollow inflation lumen extending to the balloon interior and conveying inflation fluid to and from the balloon interior, a hollow second lumen, and a balloon drainage port fluidically connecting the balloon interior to the second lumen. The valve has distal and proximal portions, is shaped to permit a fluid to pass therethrough, and is positioned in the second lumen such that, in a steady state, the valve prevents the inflation fluid from passing through the drainage port, and, in a catheter-stretched state, the distal portion slides within the second lumen permitting inflation fluid to pass through the drainage port and into the second lumen and the second lumen wall at the proximal portion holds the proximal portion steady within the second lumen as the distal portion slides therein.

主权项

1. A safety balloon catheter, comprising:
a flexible, multi-lumen balloon catheter having:
a balloon defining a balloon interior to be inflated with an inflation fluid;a hollow inflation lumen extending through the catheter to the balloon interior and shaped to convey the inflation fluid to and from the balloon interior;a hollow second lumen parallel to the inflation lumen; anda balloon drainage port fluidically connecting the balloon interior to the second lumen; a hollow stretch valve:
having a distal portion and a proximal portion;shaped to permit a fluid to pass therethrough; andpositioned in the second lumen such that:
in a steady state, the stretch valve prevents the inflation fluid from passing through the drainage port; andin a catheter-stretched state:
the distal portion slides within the second lumen to permit the inflation fluid to pass through the drainage port and into the second lumen; andan interior wall of the second lumen at the proximal portion holds the proximal portion steady within the second lumen as the distal portion slides therein.