Inflation attachment for inflatable bag catheter

Claim 1

FOR USE WITH A FOLEY-TYPE CATHETER COMPRISING AN ELONGATED FIRST TUBE HAVING ADJACENT TO ITS FORWARD END AN ORIFICE TO PERMIT THE PASSAGE OF BODY FLUID INTO THE BORE OF SAID FIRST TUBE AND HAVING A RESILIENT, DISTENSIBLE WALL MEMBER SECURED TO AND ENGIRDLING AN EXTERIOR PORTION OF SAID TUBE SO AS TO FORM AN INFLATABLE BAG LOCATED ADJACENT SAID ORIFICE, SAID CATHETER FURTHER HAVING A SECOND TUBE JOINED TO SAID FIRST TUBE, SAID SECOND TUBE HAVING A REARWARD END, AND A THIRD TUBE FORMED IN THE WALL OF SAID FIRST TUBE JOINING SAID SECOND TUBE WITH SAID INFLATABLE BAG, AND ATTACHMENT COMPRISING: (A) A CONTAINER HAVING AN OPENING THEREIN AND HAVING A RESILIENT, DISTENSIBLE WALL PORTION WHICH IS LESS ELASTIC THAN THE RESILIENT, DISTENSIBLE WALL MEMBER OF SAID INFLATABLE BAG, SAID CONTAINER CONTAINING A FILL LIQUID WHICH EXPANDS THE DISTENSIBLE WALL PORTION OF SAID CONTAINER TO PLACE SAID FILL LIQUID UNDER PRESSURE; (B) VALVE MEANS CONNECTED TO SAID CONTAINER CLOSING OFF FLOW OF LIQUID THROUGH THE OPENING OF SAID CONTAINER UNTIL SUCH TIME AS THE VALVE IS OPENED; AND (C) A TUBULAR INSTRUMENT CONNECTED TO THE OPENING OF SAID CONTAINER AND ADAPTED TO BE INSERTED IN THE REARWARD END OF SAID SECOND TUBE OF THE CATHETER SO THAT, WHEN SAID VALVE MEANS IS OPENED, THE FILL LIQUID WILL PASS FROM THE CONTAINER INTO SAID INFLATABLE BAG THEREBY INFLATING THE SAME.