WO2005016436A1 - Self-dilation of uretheral stricture - Google Patents
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- WO2005016436A1 WO2005016436A1 PCT/AU2004/001084 AU2004001084W WO2005016436A1 WO 2005016436 A1 WO2005016436 A1 WO 2005016436A1 AU 2004001084 W AU2004001084 W AU 2004001084W WO 2005016436 A1 WO2005016436 A1 WO 2005016436A1
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
- A61M—DEVICES FOR INTRODUCING MEDIA INTO, OR ONTO, THE BODY; DEVICES FOR TRANSDUCING BODY MEDIA OR FOR TAKING MEDIA FROM THE BODY; DEVICES FOR PRODUCING OR ENDING SLEEP OR STUPOR
- A61M29/00—Dilators with or without means for introducing media, e.g. remedies
- A61M29/02—Dilators made of swellable material
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- A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
- A61M—DEVICES FOR INTRODUCING MEDIA INTO, OR ONTO, THE BODY; DEVICES FOR TRANSDUCING BODY MEDIA OR FOR TAKING MEDIA FROM THE BODY; DEVICES FOR PRODUCING OR ENDING SLEEP OR STUPOR
- A61M25/00—Catheters; Hollow probes
- A61M25/01—Introducing, guiding, advancing, emplacing or holding catheters
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- This invention relates to self-dilatation of urethral stricture.
- the patient needs regular treatment of the stricture, may be once a year, it could be more frequent or less frequent dependent on the severity of the stricture.
- the catheter is the type used for the drainage of the bladder which is a single tube that must be introduced into the urethra and pushed all the way until reaches the bladder. As soon as the urine starts coming out, the insertion of the catheter is stopped. The catheter is rotated 360 degrees and then removed.
- This method has the following disadvantages: Firstly, it interferes with the function of the sphincter. Secondly, it reaches the bladder with the possibility of causing damage and or infection of bladder. Thirdly, the catheter is soft and can be easily squeezed by the stricture and hence you need to rotate the catheter 360 degrees hoping that it would cause some stricture dilation.
- this novel invention provides a self-dilation of urethral stricture device comprising a delimiter which allows a predetemiined length of a dilator to be introduced into urethra and hence exactly locating the stricture, and a dilator designed to work together with the delimiter to affect dilation of the stricture, the dilation is carried out by the patient at regular intervals and as directed by the urologist.
- the delimiter is a 25 cm long rule with holes set at 2.5. mm a part, at one end is a cap that can be snugly placed on top of the crown of the penis and at the other end a sliding fence stopper which when fixed to the rule by a screw would allow only a predetermined length of the dilator to be inserted into urethra, in between the cap and fence stopper is a dilator holder, upon insertion, prevents the dilator from slipping . away from urethra.
- the dilator is a hollow tube having one end with an inflatable head of one centimeter in length and on the other end a fence with a syringe connector, the fence together with the delimiter allows a predetermined length of the dilator being inserted into urethra.
- the dilator is a hollow tube having internal diameter of three millimeters and having no inflatable head but only a fence, together with this tube, several flexible solid probes with different diameters each of which can be inserted into the tube prior insertion into urethra.
- the cap of the delimiter can be made adjustable by having a slit along the cap and adjustable straps or any other locking device to render the cap capable of fitting different size crown penis.
- the dilator holder of the delimiter may have straps or any other locking device to hold the dilator in place.
- the sliding fence stopper of the delimiter may be controlled by using a rotating knob on a threaded rule.
- the inflatable head of the dilator in the second form is supported on four sides by ridges of the same material, the body is made of harder material and having an internal diameter narrower than the inflatable head.
- the inflatable head of dilator in second form having one layer of softer material while the rest of the body is covered with three layers: the softer layer used for the head, a braiding tape and a layer of harder material.
- the inflatable head of a dilator of the second form is supported at four sides by metal strips to give it sufficient rigidity, the parts of strips that extended beyond the inflatable head is braided together with the rest of the body and then the entire dilator is covered with a second layer.
- the dilator is an elastic tube that is fixed at both ends to movable concentric tubes, when the elastic tube is stretched it would become thin and when pressed it would expand, this form would be introduced (instead of the probes) into a dilator of a third form prior to the dilatation.
- the dilator a spring strips fixed at both ends and has two concentric tubes when the fixed ends are brought together the strips will bend outwards and expand.
- This form would be introduced (instead of the probes) into a dilator of a third form prior to the dilatation.
- the delimiter can be made either of plastic or metal.
- the cap that sits on the penis crown is made of BioMedical grade material
- the dilators in the second, third, seventh, eighth, and ninth forms are made of BioMedical grade materials and the elastic tube in the tenth form is made of rubber.
- the strips for the eleventh form can be metallic or any suitable plastic.
- the concentric tubes may be made of metal or plastic.
- FIG. 1 (a) shows First form (details of Delimiter) according to this invention.
- FIG. 1 (b) shows dimensions of Delimiter according to this invention
- FIG. 2 shows the whole device assembly according to this invention.
- FIG. 3 shows the working of one example of dilators according to this invention
- FIG. 4 shows Second form (typical dilator) according to this invention
- FIG. 5 shows Third form according to this invention
- FIG. 6 shows Seventh form according to this invention
- FIG. 7 shows Eighth form according to this invention
- FIG. 8 shows ninth form according to this invention.
- the delimiter controls the distance allowed for the dilator to be introduced into the urethra.
- the delimiter according to this invention is comprised of the cap (1) that in application, would sit snugly on the crown of the penis.
- the cap has an opening (2) that surrounds the opening of the urethra with sufficient clearance to prevent it from being in contact with the dilator on insertion to the urethra.
- the cap can be made to be adjustable to fit different size crowns.
- the cap is sitting and firmly fixed to a 25 cm long rule (7) that has distance-controlling holes (8).
- the rule is connected on the other end with a sliding plate (4) that is part offence stopper (5).
- the sliding plate has two holes used for locking the fence stopper to the rule.
- the urologist will determine the desired length the dilator needs be inserted and then locks (using a screw) the hole on the plate to a desired hole on the rule, hence locking the delimiter to the required setting.
- the dilator holder (3) has a groove used for firmly holding the dilator to the delimiter and therefore upon insertion, the dilator will not slip away from the penis.
- the dilator will sit in a straight line arrangement on the fence stopper, dilator holder and the middle of the cap opening (2).
- FIG 1(b) shows the dimensions of each part of the Delimiter. The dimensions are in centimeters.
- FIG 2 shows the whole device assembly.
- the patient can use the device by himself. Firstly, the patient would insert the fence end of the dilator through the cap and place it on the fence stopper leaving the insertable part free to be inserted into the urethra. The part of the dilator between the cap and the fence stopper is placed on the dilator holder and while the patient is holding the dilator firmly against the dilator holder, the dilator is inserted all the way until the cap sits snugly on the crown of the penis.
- the patient would connect the syringe and inject water to inflate dilator's head to a tolerable limit.
- the inflation of the head may be done as many times as the urologist prescribe.
- Each of these dilation process can be repeated once a week or once every two weeks or as recommended by the urologist.
- FIG 3 shows the process of dilatation before and after the injection of water. After locking the delimiter to the right setting, the insertion of the dilator to the urethra would locate the middle of the stricture to the middle of the inflatable head. The patient injects water to inflate the head to a tolerable limit and not exceeding the permissible limit.
- the dilator device is comprised of four parts.
- the inflatable head located at one end of the dilator
- the body is an extension to present the inflatable head to the stricture. The body should not be long enough to reach the sphincter or the bladder.
- the fence At the other end of the dilator is the Fence, its job is to be used together with the Delimiter to determine the extent by which the dilator can be inserted into the urethra.
- Connected to the Fence is a syringe connector the sort that locks into the syringe head.
- the dilator in the third form of the invention has only two parts: the dilator has a Fence and a Body which is a tube with an internal diameter of three (3) millimeters and an outside diameter of five and a half (5.5) millimeter.
- the dilator is inserted into the urethra using the Delimiter, once in location; it can be rotated 360 degrees. If the tube passes through the stricture easily, a probe with appropriate diameter is then chosen and screwed into the dilator prior to inserting the dilator into the urethra. Three different diameter probes are used. Dependent on the diameter of the stricture progressively wider diameter probes can be used to stretch the urethra.
- the dilator in the seventh form according to this invention has the same four parts as in FIG 4.
- the inflatable head as shown in its cross section composed of a tube with internal diameter of 2 mm and a 1.25 mm thick layer.
- the inflatable head has four ridges to give it rigidity toward the stricture.
- the body is made of a tube of harder material than that for the inflatable head and an internal diameter of 1 mm and external diameter of 5.5 mm. The head is glued to the rest of the dilator.
- the dilator in the eighth form of the invention has the same four parts as in FIG. 4. However it is composed of the following layers. Inner layer made of softer material and having thickness of 1 mm surrounding a hollow core of two millimeter in diameter. Large part of the dilator is braided with a thin tape; the unbraided part is one centimeter in length and acts as an inflatable head. The braiding would give the body sufficient strength to render the head inflatable in preference to the body. The braided part of the dilator is covered with a third layer made of harder material and having a thickness of 0.74 millimeter.
- the dilator in the ninth form of this invention has a one millimeter thick layer of a soft material surrounding a core of 1.5 millimeters.
- Two metal strips are used to give rigidity to the head, the strips cross over the tip of the head and extend beyond it to cover half a centimeter of the body.
- the metal strips that extended to the body together with the rest of the body are covered with braiding tape.
- the whole of the dilator is covered with a second layer to bring the total outside diameter of the dilator to five and a half (5.5) millimeters.
- the dilator device according to this invention is not restricted to the form of inflated head shown in the example, but may use spring or rubber dilators.
- the dilator may be used for dilatation of other strictures.
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