Inventors:
Timothy R. Wolfe - Salt Lake City UT, US
Marshall T. Denton - Salt Lake City UT, US
J. Michael Brown - Salt Lake City UT, US
Mark A. Christensen - Salt Lake City UT, US
Edward J. Kimball - Salt Lake City UT, US
Michael L. Cheatham - Orlando FL, US
Huy N. Tran - Riverton UT, US
Perry W. Croll - Salt Lake City UT, US
International Classification:
A61M 1/00, A61M 5/14
Abstract:
Devices adapted to facilitate draining fluid from the abdominal/peritoneal cavity of a medical patient. The invention may be embodied in one or more element of an access port, insertion assist device, and/or abdominal catheter. A preferred abdominal catheter provides a drain field that can be inserted into the abdominal compartment, through an access opening having a small cross-section, in a stowed configuration and subsequently expanded to provide a large drain area through which to extract fluid from the compartment.