TheraNova Foley Catheter Urinary Sensing Patent Application
Summary
USPTO published patent application US20260096760A1 by TheraNova LLC for a Foley-type catheter system with integrated physiologic sensors. The invention includes pressure sensors and transducers for monitoring bladder and peritoneal pressure, respiratory rate, cardiac rate, and other hemodynamic parameters via urinary tract access. The published application covers catheter embodiments, data processing methods, and system configurations for continuous patient health monitoring.
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USPTO published patent application US20260096760A1 for a Foley-type catheter with integrated physiologic sensing capabilities. The invention comprises a catheter with distal pressure interface, proximal transducer, and fluid column for transducing bladder pressure into chronological pressure profiles. The system can extract peritoneal pressure, respiratory rate, cardiac rate, pulmonary tidal volume, cardiac output, and stroke volume from the urinary tract.
Medical device manufacturers developing urinary catheters, pressure monitoring systems, or patient monitoring technologies should review the scope of these claims to assess potential infringement risks or licensing opportunities. The patent's broad coverage of sensing methodologies and data processing approaches may affect product development strategies in the physiologic monitoring space.
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METHOD OF MONITORING HEALTH STATUS OF A PATIENT
Application US20260096760A1 Kind: A1 Apr 09, 2026
Assignee
TheraNova, LLC
Inventors
Daniel R. BURNETT
Abstract
Foley type catheter embodiments for sensing physiologic data from a urinary tract of a patient are disclosed. The system includes the catheter and a data processing apparatus and methods for sensing physiologic data from the urinary tract. Embodiments may also include a pressure sensor having a pressure interface at a distal end of the catheter, a pressure transducer at a proximal end, and a fluid column disposed between the pressure interface and transducer. When the distal end is residing in the bladder, the pressure transducer can transduce pressure impinging on it into a chronological pressure profile, which can be processed by the data processing apparatus into one or more distinct physiologic pressure profiles, for example, peritoneal pressure, respiratory rate, and cardiac rate. At a sufficiently high data-sampling rate, these physiologic data may further include relative pulmonary tidal volume, cardiac output, relative cardiac output, and absolute cardiac stroke volume.
CPC Classifications
A61B 5/205 A61B 5/0059 A61B 5/01 A61B 5/02 A61B 5/0205 A61B 5/0215 A61B 5/1112 A61B 5/14532 A61B 5/14539 A61B 5/14546 A61B 5/16 A61B 5/207 A61B 5/318 A61B 5/392 A61B 5/6852 A61B 5/6853 A61B 5/7278 A61M 25/0017 A61M 25/04 A61B 5/024 A61B 5/0261 A61B 5/029 A61B 5/0816 A61B 5/369 A61B 5/4839 A61B 10/007 A61B 2562/0247 A61M 2025/0003
Filing Date
2025-12-10
Application No.
19415306
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