Indwelling "Foley" Catheter Cap

Abstract

The Foley Catheter Cap molded from medical grade silicone to provide a stable base for the insertion of an indwelling “Foley” catheter so that tearing of the urethra does not occur. Since the head of a penis contains no sweat glands of any kind, there is no buildup of fluids beneath the Foley Catheter Cap to occur which thereby precludes an environment under the Foley Catheter Cap which could be conducive for infections to grow. Because of this the benefits of a Foley Catheter Cap for male patients required to have an indwelling catheter for extended periods of time greatly outweigh any latent risk while the omission of the proposed Foley Catheter Cap exposes male patients to the potential of the well-documented serious injury and follow-on reconstructive surgery caused by Ventral Erosion of the penis.

Claims

1. A Foley Catheter Cap, comprising: A medical-grade silicone cap molded to fit snugly over the head of a male patient's penis having a narrowed portion to hold the cap snugly over the head of the penis even while the penis is flaccid.

2. The Foley Catheter Cap according to claim 1 wherein the cap has an anatomically-correct positioned hole to align with the patient's urethra for the unobstructed passing of a catheter tube through both, continuing on into the patient's bladder.

Description

3. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0010] FIG. 1 is an environmental, perspective view of a Foley Catheter Cap with attached Foley Catheter.

[0011] FIG. 2 is a perspective view of a Foley Catheter Cap, showing the position of the anatomically-correct centrally located hole for the Foley Catheter to pass through unhindered.

[0012] Similar reference characters denote corresponding features consistently throughout the attached drawings.

4. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS

[0013] Referring to FIGS. 1 and 2, a first embodiment of the Foley Catheter Cap 10 comprised of a medical-grade silicone dome-shaped cap 10 to maintain alignment of a Foley catheter tube 20, on a male patient's penis (not shown). Cap 10 remains secured to the Glans (head) of the penis (not shown) by stretching it over the top of the penis head where it is secured behind the head with molded lip 11. In the presence of a foreskin (not shown), the foreskin is pulled back exposing the head in its entirety. Before inserting the catheter into the patient's urethra (not shown) the Foley Catheter 20 is inserted through the hole 12 in the Foley Catheter Cap 10 and the indwelling portion of the Foley Catheter 21 is pulled through to allow sufficient length to insert into the patient.

[0014] The dual tubes 22a and 22b on the external portion of the Foley Catheter are used for inflating the securing the indwelling balloon 21a by injecting saline into tube 22a while tube 22b is used for transporting urine out of the bladder.

[0015] Referring to FIG. 2, the anatomically-correct positioning of the hole 12 in the Foley Catheter Cap 10 prevents the Foley Catheter tube 20 from becoming misaligned from the urethra (not shown) while the Foley Catheter is inserted through the patient's urethra (not shown) into the bladder (not shown.).

[0016] It is also understood that the present invention is not limited to the embodiments described above, but encompasses any and all embodiments within the scope of the claims.