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(11) EP 3 672 678 A1

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(43) Date of publication:
01.07.2020 Bulletin 2020/27

(21) Application number: 18772908.2

(22) Date of filing: 24.08.2018
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC): 
A61M 27/00(2006.01)
A61M 1/00(2006.01)
A61M 25/00(2006.01)
(86) International application number:
PCT/IB2018/056462
(87) International publication number:
WO 2019/038734 (28.02.2019 Gazette 2019/09)
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR
Designated Extension States:
BA ME
Designated Validation States:
KH MA MD TN

(30) Priority: 25.08.2017 US 201715687064

(71) Applicant: Strataca Systems Limited
Floriana 1504 (MT)

(72) Inventors:
  • ERBEY II, John, R.
    Milton, Georgia 30004 (US)
  • ORR, David, E.
    Piedmont, South Carolina 29673 (US)
  • UPPERCO, Jacob, L.
    Atlanta, Georgia 30308 (US)
  • BLACK, Lance, Michael
    Pearland, TX 77584 (US)
  • FISHER, Michael, Alan
    Lawrenceville, Georgia 30045 (US)
  • STRANE, Patrick, William
    Atlanta, GA 30309 (US)

(74) Representative: Rentsch Partner AG 
Bellerivestrasse 203 Postfach
8034 Zürich
8034 Zürich (CH)

   


(54) URETERAL AND BLADDER CATHETERS AND METHODS OF INDUCING NEGATIVE PRESSURE TO INCREASE RENAL PERFUSION