Method for manufacturing a urinary catheter with a three-chamber balloon at the top

Abstract

The present invention relates to a method for making a urinary catheter with a three-chamber balloon at the top, step 1, first make a four-chamber catheter, wherein the cavity is used as a urinary catheter cavity, three cavities are used as water injection cavities, and the top is cut flat; step, cut along the length direction of the catheter at the outer wall of the catheter, cut the four-chamber catheter into a single-chamber catheter with an outer wall in a discrete state, and seal the top of the single-chamber catheter; step 3, put the single-chamber catheter into a steel plate heated on both sides and pressurize it, the pressurization temperature is 40-60 degrees Celsius, the pressurization time is 5-15 minutes, the pressure value is 10-15 pounds of pressure per single-chamber catheter to a flat state, and the excess part of the outer wall is cut thin. Step 4, the top of the hot-pressed flat single-chamber catheter is connected together with glue, a guide wire is taken to pass through the tail end of the single-chamber catheter, pass through the top of the single-chamber catheter, and connect with the top of the single-chamber catheter.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] The invention relates to the field of preparation of urinary catheters, and in particular to a method for preparing a urinary catheter with a three-chamber balloon at the top. Background Art

[0002] As described in a Chinese patent for a urinary catheter device (application number: 2024103357442), someone proposed a urinary catheter with a three-chamber balloon on the top. Compared with the prior art, this technical solution has many clinically beneficial technical effects. However, in the field of production, there is no balloon on the top of the traditional urinary catheter. There is only one balloon on the side wall of the traditional urinary catheter, and it is pasted on, which requires a complicated process. Therefore, the method of pasting a balloon on the side wall of the catheter is completely unsuitable for the production of a three-chamber balloon on the top in Chinese patent application number: 2024103357442.

[0003] Therefore, it is necessary to design and develop a new process for quickly producing a three-chamber balloon at the top of a traditional urinary catheter. Summary of the invention

[0004] In order to overcome the deficiencies of the prior art, the object of the present invention is to provide a new process for conveniently and quickly manufacturing a three-chamber balloon at the top of a traditional urinary catheter.

[0005] For example, Chinese patent application No. 2024103357442: A urinary catheterization device, comprising:

[0006] A tube body, wherein a urinary catheter cavity and a balloon water injection cavity are arranged inside the tube body;

[0007] At least three columnar balloons, which are irregularly long strips when emptied and ellipsoidal when inflated, one end of the at least three columnar balloons are connected to each other, and the other end of the at least three columnar balloons is provided with an injection port, each injection port is connected to a balloon injection cavity;

[0008] An outer shell, one end of which is a guide portion, and the other end of which is connected to the top of the tube body. The outer shell is wrapped around the outside of at least three columnar balloons, and the outer shell is provided with an opening, so that the columnar balloon can burst the outer shell when it is in a bulging state;

[0009] A guide wire, one end of which is connected to the top ends of the three columnar balloons, passes through at least a portion of the urinary catheter cavity and the other end of which extends to the outside of the tube body.

[0010] This embodiment provides a method for manufacturing a urinary catheter, the purpose of which is to achieve the purpose of large-scale and rapid preparation of urinary catheters with three-chamber balloons on the top based on traditional urinary catheters.

[0011] Step 1: First make a traditional four-lumen catheter (where the overall tube diameter, length, and material are all based on the prior art, where the first cavity at the center of the circle has a diameter of 2 mm and serves as a catheterization cavity. The three second cavities around it serve as water injection cavities with a diameter of 0.5 mm. The center of the second cavity is at the center of the circular radius of the cross-section of the four-lumen catheter, and the line connecting the centers of the second cavities forms an equilateral triangle, with the center / orthocenter being the center of the first cavity). This step is usually made by the mold extrusion method (existing technology), which is the quickest and simplest. Of course, there are other methods, such as CN202011379002.8 Double-lumen tube molding process and double-lumen tube, which introduces the use of sleeve + heating and melting as one to make a multi-lumen silicone catheter. Cut both ends of the prepared four-lumen catheter flat.

[0012] Step 2, separate the top of the four-lumen catheter longitudinally (along the length of the catheter) by 2 cm along the length of the catheter, cut it into a single-lumen catheter with an outer wall in a discrete state, and seal the top of the single-lumen catheter (referring to the end point away from the untrimmed part of the four-lumen catheter).

[0013] Step 3, hot press the single-lumen catheter to a flat state, specifically, put the single-lumen catheter into a steel plate that can be pressurized and heated on both sides, pressurize at a temperature of 40-60 degrees Celsius, pressurize for 5-15 minutes, and apply a pressure value of 10-15 pounds of pressure to each single-lumen catheter until it is flat, and trim the excess part of the outer wall to a wall thickness of 0.5 mm; it is obvious that the top cavity of the single-lumen catheter in the discrete state becomes longer, the internal hollow part becomes wider, and the edge of the outer wall also becomes wider (at this time, the hollow part at the top of the single-lumen catheter becomes longer and wider, forming a balloon shape - at this time, the internal shape of the single-lumen catheter cavity is close to the shape of a long strip of air bag, so it can also be marked / called a balloon accordingly). Cut the excess part of the outer wall of the hot-pressed single-lumen catheter thin, but do not damage the tube wall, on the one hand to reduce the volume of the balloon to facilitate loading into the shell. On the other hand, it is convenient for water injection expansion - after the outer wall becomes thinner, the rigidity decreases, the stress is relieved, and water injection is more likely to cause deformation. Hot pressing to a flat state also makes it convenient to manually or machine thin the outer wall to a thickness of 0.5mm (the original single-lumen catheter is cylindrical, which is not convenient for manual thinning of the outer wall. On the other hand, manual thinning of the outer wall to a thickness of 0.5mm is very difficult to control and can easily damage the outer wall. The use of molds to trim the outer wall in the following text is mainly to solve the problem of manual thinning of the outer wall, which can easily damage the outer wall structure).

[0014] Step 4, connect the tops of the three single-lumen catheters that have been heat-pressed to a flat state (the end that was previously closed) together, such as by gluing or hot melting, and take a guide wire (usually a metal wire) and pass it through the tail end of the catheter cavity, through the top of the catheter cavity (the end close to the balloon), and connect it to the top of the single-lumen catheter.

[0015] Step 5: Use a water-soluble polymer to press into the shape of the shell in a corresponding mold. Apply polymer glue to the tail end of the shell, collect the balloon inside the shell, and then bond the tail end of the shell to the top of the four-lumen catheter (for smooth bonding, the top of the four-lumen catheter can be grooved in advance).

[0016] Furthermore, it can be clearly seen that in step 2, the single-lumen catheter with the outer wall is manually separated, and in step 3, the outer wall of the single-lumen catheter is manually thinned. These two steps are manually operated. On the one hand, the manual operation speed is slow, and on the other hand, the manual operation precision is poor. In the process of trimming, the outer wall of the single-lumen catheter is easily cut. Therefore, it is necessary to develop a mold manufacturing process.

[0017] In order to use the mold to trim the single-lumen catheter / balloon in steps 2 and 3, first design the following mold:

[0018] Separation mold: including the mold body, which is a disc that can do feeding and retreating actions. It also includes a split tube (used to cut out a single-lumen catheter), which is a hollow tubular tool vertically set on the upper surface of the mold body disc. The center of the hollow tubular tool corresponds to the center of the second cavity. Its diameter is 1mm larger than the diameter of the second cavity. The open end of the tube is set as a sharp blade. The length is set according to the length of the balloon, preferably 2-3cm.

[0019] Hot pressing mold: It includes a mold body, which is a disc that can do feeding and retreating actions, and a heating component is also arranged inside the disc. It also includes a hot pressing block, which is used for hot pressing a single-lumen catheter, and is two positive and negative hot pressing plates vertical to the upper surface of the mold body disc. The geometric center of each group of hot pressing blocks (the center of the rectangle formed by the positive and negative hot pressing plates) is aligned with the center of the second cavity. The hot pressing plates can be heated by the mold body and compressed and adjusted toward each other, so as to apply pressure to the single-lumen catheter pressed between the two hot pressing plates (the existing technology, such as the chuck fingers of the lathe or the hydraulic pliers can clamp the workpiece and apply adjustable pressure). The length is set according to the length of the balloon, preferably 2-3cm.

[0020] Step 2: Align the center of the second cavity of the four-cavity catheter made in step 1 above with the center of the split tube in the separation mold, and push the four-cavity catheter relative to the separation mold. After pushing it to 2 cm, the split tube naturally splits the second cavity of the four-cavity catheter into 2 cm along the length of the catheter to form a single-cavity catheter, and the thickness of the outer wall of the separated single-cavity catheter is controlled to be 0.5 mm.

[0021] The excess parts are trimmed flat (at this time, you only need to cut off 2 cm of the first cavity that is still connected to the main part of the four-lumen catheter and the excess silicone / rubber matrix at the root of the single-lumen catheter, and trim the surrounding burrs to make it smooth and flat. There is no requirement for the trimming accuracy of this part. Compared with the manual trimming mentioned above, the single-lumen catheter needs to be trimmed to a wall thickness of 0.5 mm, which greatly improves the trimming speed and accuracy).

[0022] Step 3, place the single-lumen catheter into the positive and negative hot pressing plates of the hot pressing block, adjust the temperature / time / pressure as above, and hot press to a flat state. It can be clearly seen that the top cavity of the single-lumen catheter in the discrete state becomes longer and the internal hollow part becomes wider. After hot pressing, the single-lumen catheter (which has become a single-lumen balloon) destroys its original shape and the outer wall structure becomes loose, so it is easy to cause deformation by water injection.

[0023] Step 4: The rest of the steps are the same as above.

[0024] The beneficial effects of the present invention are as follows: as a manual manufacturing method, a new process for manufacturing a three-chamber balloon on the top of a traditional urinary catheter is provided. A special mold is further used for manufacturing in the manual method, which reduces the labor intensity of the manual work on the one hand, and greatly improves the speed and accuracy in the stage of separating the single-chamber catheter and thinning the outer wall of the single-chamber catheter. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0025] Figure 1 It is a cross-sectional view of a urinary catheter with a three-chamber balloon at the top that needs to be manufactured in the present invention;

[0026] Figure 2 This is a side view of the present invention after the three water injection chambers in the traditional four-lumen catheter are cut and separated;

[0027] Figure 3 This is a top view of the three water injection chambers in the traditional four-chamber catheter after being cut and separated in the present invention;

[0028] Figure 4 This is a side view of the three balloon cavities after heat pressing in the present invention.

[0029] Figure 5 It is a top view of the three balloon cavities after heat pressing in the present invention;

[0030] Figure 6 is a top view of a separation mold for separating three single-lumen catheters in the present invention;

[0031] Figure 7 is a side view of a separation mold for separating three single-lumen catheters in the present invention;

[0032] Figure 8 It is a top view of a hot pressing mold for hot pressing three single-lumen catheters in the present invention;

[0033] Fig. 9 is a side view of a hot pressing mold for hot pressing three single-lumen catheters in the present invention;

[0034] Fig.10 This is a photo of the three conduits 12, 3, 8 and the housing 5 made by Example 1 before assembly;

[0035] Fig.11 This is a photo of the three conduits 12, 3, 8 and the housing 5 after being bonded and assembled. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0036] Reference Figure 1 As shown, Figure 1 This is a cross-sectional view of a urinary catheter with a three-chamber balloon at the top that needs to be manufactured in the present invention. Figure 1 It can be seen that if the balloon 4 is directly attached to the top of the cavity 3 ( Figure 2 The situation of catheters 12 and 8 in the figure is the same. The diameter of cavity 2 is larger, but cavity 2 is a urinary catheter cavity and a balloon cannot be pasted on the top). Not only the air tightness (water tightness) must be considered, but also because the overall diameter of the catheter is relatively small (generally 3-6 mm), the bottom of the balloon with a diameter of less than 1 mm is pasted on the top of the cavity 3 with a diameter of less than 0.5 mm. It is not only difficult to align, but also very inefficient and the success rate is not high. Therefore, it is necessary to design and develop a new manufacturing process.

[0037] Embodiment 1 (manual pruning)

[0038] This embodiment provides a method for manufacturing a urinary catheter, the purpose of which is to achieve the purpose of large-scale and rapid preparation of urinary catheters with three-chamber balloons on the top based on traditional urinary catheters.

[0039] Step 1: Figure 1 First, make a traditional four-lumen catheter 1 (the material is usually a polymer material such as silicone or rubber. The cavity diameter is as mentioned above, where the first cavity - the catheter cavity 2 is thicker than the three surrounding second cavity water injection cavities 12, 3, and 8. Note that in this application, the first cavity, the water injection cavity 12, 3, 8, and the single-lumen catheter 12, 3, 8 all refer to the same object, but are named differently according to the characteristics of their appearance at different stages.). This step is usually made by extrusion, which is the quickest and simplest. Cut the two ends of the four-lumen catheter 1 made by extrusion flat.

[0040] 2. For example Figure 2 , 3, from the top part of the catheter 1 (close to the end where the balloon will be formed in the future), take 2cm along the length of the catheter for longitudinal separation (along the length of the catheter), cut the second cavity - the water injection cavity 12, 3, 8 into discrete single-lumen catheters 12, 3, 8 with outer walls, and seal the top of the single-lumen catheters 12, 3, 8, and cut off 2cm of excess silicone / rubber matrix at the root of the first cavity - the urinary catheter cavity 2 and the single-lumen catheters 12, 3, 8 that are still connected to the main part of the catheter 1, and trim the surrounding burrs to make them smooth and flat. Finally, it is formed as shown in the figure below. Figure 2 shape.

[0041] 3. Such as Figure 4 , 5 , the single-lumen catheters 12, 3, 8 are hot-pressed (there are mature hot-pressing processes in the prior art. If they are made manually without molds, the single-lumen catheters 12, 3, 8 only need to be placed in steel plates heated on both sides for pressurization. The pressurization temperature is mainly low temperature, not exceeding 40-60 degrees Celsius, and the pressurization time does not exceed 5-15 minutes. The pressure is manually pressurized and controlled at each single-lumen catheter 12, 3, 8 - the surface area of ​​each catheter on one side of the pressed part is about 1cm*0.5cm*3.14 (radius*3.14*length), and the part is subjected to a pressure of 10-15 pounds) to a flat state. It is obvious that the top cavity of the single-lumen catheters 12, 3, 8 in the discrete state becomes longer, the internal hollow part becomes wider, and the outer wall edge part also becomes wider (at this time, the hollow part of the single-lumen catheters 12, 3, 8 becomes longer and wider, forming a balloon shape - at this time it can be marked as a balloon 4, see Figure 1 ). Thin the excess part of the outer wall to a wall thickness of 0.5 mm, but do not damage the tube wall. On the one hand, the volume of the balloon 4 is reduced to facilitate the insertion into the shell 5, and on the other hand, it is convenient for water injection and expansion - after the outer wall becomes thinner, the rigidity is weakened, and water injection is easy to cause deformation. Moreover, hot pressing to a flat state is also convenient for manual or machine thinning of the outer wall (the original single-lumen catheter 12, 3, 8 is cylindrical, which is not convenient for further manual thinning of the outer wall part).

[0042] 4. Connect the tops of the single-lumen catheters 12, 3, and 8 that are heat-pressed to a flat state together, such as by gluing or hot melting. Take a guide wire 7 (usually made of metal) and pass it through the tail end of the catheter cavity 2 (the end away from the balloon), pass it out from the top of the catheter cavity 2, and connect it to the tops of the single-lumen catheters 12, 3, and 8. Figure 1 .

[0043] 5. Fig.10 , 11 , using water-soluble polymers (existing technology, such as CN201580057942.6 degradable materials and packaging made of degradable materials, US62 / 926,293 multi-layer water-dispersible products) pressed into a corresponding mold Figure 1The shape of the middle shell 5 (the shape of the shell 5 is simple, and the pressing process is mature. In short, in order to press out the shell 5 in the shape of a missile head, two molds in the shape of a missile head are made. After superposition, there is a space between the two molds in the shape of a missile head. The shape of the space is the shape of the shell 5. A water-soluble polymer is injected into the space, and the shell 5 is formed after drying and demolding. It can be assembled after air drying. The blow molding process can also be used. The precision of blow molding is worse, and the precision of mold pressing is high.) Apply polymer glue to the rear end of the shell 5, collect the balloon 4 inside the shell 5, and then bond the rear end of the shell 5 to the top of the four-lumen catheter 1 (in order to facilitate bonding, a slope can be made on the top of the four-lumen catheter 1 in advance).

[0044] Embodiment 2 (Mold trimming)

[0045] As shown in the first embodiment, it can be clearly seen that in step 2, the single-lumen catheters 12, 3, 8 with outer walls are manually separated, and in step 3, the outer walls of the single-lumen catheters 12, 3, 8 are manually or mechanically thinned. These two steps are manually operated. On the one hand, the manual operation speed is slow, and on the other hand, the manual operation precision is poor (it is difficult to control the wall thickness of 0.5 mm). In the process of trimming, the outer walls of the single-lumen catheters 12, 3, 8 are easily cut. Therefore, it is necessary to develop a mold manufacturing process.

[0046] In order to use the mold to trim out the single-lumen catheters 12, 3, and 8 in steps 2 and 3, the following mold is first designed:

[0047] Separation mold: The mold shape is as follows Figure 6 , 7 , including a mold body 9, which is a disc that can do feeding and retreating actions. It also includes split tubes 121, 81, 31 (corresponding to cutting single-lumen catheters 12, 8, 3, respectively), which are hollow tubular tools vertically arranged on the upper surface of the mold body 9 disc, and the center of the hollow tubular tool corresponds to the center of the second cavity 12, 3, 8 (that is, the number and position of the hollow tubular tools are set according to the number and position of the single-lumen catheters / water injection cavities 12, 3, 8 - that is, the centers are aligned), the diameter is 1mm larger than the diameter of the second cavity 12, 3, 8, the open end of the tube mouth is set to a sharp blade, and the length is set according to the length of the single-lumen catheters 12, 3, 8 to be separated, preferably 2-3cm, that is, slightly larger than the length of the single-lumen catheters 12, 3, 8 separated in step 2.

[0048] Hot pressing mold: The mold shape is as follows Figure 8 , 9, including the mold body 10, which is a disc that can do feeding and retreating actions, and a heating component is also arranged inside the disc. It also includes hot pressing blocks 122, 82, 32 (corresponding to hot pressing single-lumen catheters 12, 8, 3 respectively), which are two positive and negative hot pressing plates on the upper surface of the vertical mold body 9 disc. The geometric center of the pressing plate (the center of the rectangle formed by the positive and negative hot pressing plates) corresponds to the center of the second cavity 12, 3, 8 (the rules for the number and position setting are the same as those of the above separation mold), and the hot pressing plate can be heated by the mold body 10 (existing technology, such as installing a heating wire inside the hot pressing plate, or inserting the mold body at the tail of the hot pressing plate 10 is partially wound with a heating wire, or an electromagnetic coil is wound at the tail of the hot press plate) and compressed towards each other (existing technology, such as the chuck fingers or hydraulic pliers of many lathes, or a motor is installed at the tail of the hot press plate) and the pressure of the single-lumen catheters 12, 3, 8 pressed between the pressing plates is adjusted (existing technology, such as hydraulic pliers with adjustable pressure), and the length is set according to the length of the single-lumen catheters 12, 3, 8 to be separated, preferably 2-3 cm, that is, slightly larger than the length of the single-lumen catheters 12, 3, 8 separated in step 2.

[0049] Compared with the first embodiment,

[0050] Step 2, such as Figure 4 , 5 , 6, 7, align the second cavity 12, 8, 3 in the four-lumen catheter 1 made in step 1 with the split tubes 121, 81, 31 in the separation mold (the centers of the two circles are aligned), and push the four-lumen catheter 1 relative to the separation mold. After pushing it to 2 cm, the split tubes 121, 81, 31 naturally split the second cavity 12, 8, 3 in the four-lumen catheter 1 by 2 cm along the length direction of the catheter, thereby forming a single-lumen catheter 12, 3, 8 (such as Figure 2 ), and the outer wall thickness of the single-lumen catheter 12, 3, 8 is controlled at 0.5mm, and then the excess part is trimmed flat (the excess silicone / rubber matrix at the root of the first cavity still connected to the main part of the catheter 1 - the catheter cavity 2, the single-lumen catheter 12, 3, 8 is cut off by 2cm, and the surrounding burrs are trimmed smooth and flat. Finally, it is formed as shown in the figure. Figure 2 shape, and there is no requirement for the trimming accuracy of this part, which greatly improves the trimming speed and accuracy).

[0051] Step 3, the single-lumen catheter 12, 8, 3 is placed in the positive and negative hot pressing plates of the hot pressing block 122, 82, 32, the temperature / time / pressure is adjusted as in Example 1, and hot pressing is performed to a flat state. It is clearly seen that the top cavity of the single-lumen catheter 12, 3, 8 in the discrete state becomes longer, and the internal hollow part becomes wider. The single-lumen catheter 12, 3, 8 (which has become a single-lumen balloon 4 at this time) destroys its original shape after hot pressing, and the outer wall structure becomes loose, so it is easy to cause deformation by water injection.

[0052] Step 4, the top of the single-lumen catheter 12, 3, 8 that has been heat-pressed to a flat state is sealed (glued or hot-melted), and the following steps are the same as those in Example 1.

[0053] The use of a special mold for production reduces the labor intensity of manual labor on the one hand, and greatly improves the speed and accuracy in the two stages of separating and thinning the outer walls of the single-lumen catheters 12, 3, and 8 on the other hand.

[0054] Embodiment three:

[0055] Compared with the first or second embodiment, in order to increase the convenience of use, a hardened portion 16 is provided at one end of the urinary catheter cavity 2 close to the balloon 4, and the hardened portion 16 is made by a metal plating process.

[0056] When in use, first apply paraffin lubricant on the outside of the shell 5; then insert the tube body 1 into the human body along the urethra until urine flows out (a notch 6 is provided on the shell 5, and the urine in the bladder will flow into the catheter cavity 2 from the notch 6 and out from the tail of the tube body 1), indicating that it has been inserted into the bladder; at this time, water is injected into the columnar balloon 4 through the single-lumen catheter 12, 3, 8, so that the balloon 4 breaks through the shell 5 to form a bulging state, and the tube body 1 is limited and fixed in the bladder; as the shell 5 is broken and disintegrated, the shell 5 dissolves and falls off, and the drugs therein (such as sedatives, analgesics, and anti-inflammatory drugs, which are mixed in water-soluble polymers in advance) are released, and the shell 5 disappears, and the urine flowing out at this time has the color of the dye. Only three inflated columnar balloons 4 are left at the insertion end of the tube body 1. There is no hard part at the front end of the balloon like the catheter in the prior art (see the background technology section of 2024103357442), which will not irritate the patient's bladder wall and cause discomfort; the front end of the catheter cavity 2 at the insertion end of the tube body 1 is directly open and is behind the balloon 4 (because the inflated balloons 4 are spherical with each other, there will be space at the bottom, so it will not block the opening end of the catheter cavity 2, allowing urine to flow into the catheter cavity 2), very close to the bladder neck (when the catheter is pulled backwards, the inflated balloon 4 at the top is stuck in the bladder neck, and the opening end of the catheter cavity 2 is also close to the bladder neck at this time), which can reduce urine residue (the closer the opening end of the catheter cavity 2 is to the bladder neck, the less urine remains in the bladder).

[0057] At the same time, when the balloon 4 expands, the guide wire 7 is pulled forward, and the color of the scale line on the outside of the catheter exposed by the guide wire 7 becomes darker. The tail end of the guide wire 7 is extended to the outside of the catheter, and the guide wire 7 is marked with a scale indicator mark as a whole, which can be a digital scale line or a scale mark with a gradually darkening red color, which gradually darkens from close to the catheter to away from the catheter. In the initial state, the scale line of the exposed part of the guide wire 7 near the catheter is bright red. As the balloon 4 bulges, the guide wire 7 moves inward, and the scale line of its exposed part near the catheter is dark red, which conveniently indicates that the balloon 4 enters the bulging state, achieving the effect of visualizing the water injection of the columnar balloon 4. Before the tube body 1 needs to be pulled out, the operator can also tentatively pull the tail end of the guide wire 7 exposed outside the catheter to determine whether the balloon 4 is intact. If the guide wire 7 is difficult to pull, the columnar balloon 4 is well filled with water. At this time, it can be drained to restore it to an empty state, avoiding hard catheter removal when the balloon 4 is inflated, causing bladder injury to the patient; after draining, the balloon 4 returns to an empty state, and at this time, the guide wire 7 is pulled outward, and the balloon 4 is (inverted) retracted into the catheter cavity 2 by the traction of the guide wire 7. The balloon 4 in the air defense state is pulled back into the catheter cavity 2, on the one hand, because the catheter cavity 2 no longer needs to urinate at this time, and on the other hand, when the balloon 4 is emptied after being filled with water for a long time, the balloon wall is prone to wrinkles due to plastic deformation, so when the catheter is pulled out, the raised part of the wrinkles of the balloon 4 is easy to scratch the patient's urethra, causing pain or even injury and bleeding. Therefore, it is pulled back into the catheter cavity 2 to hide it to avoid direct contact with the urethra.

[0058] Since the balloon 4 in the empty state needs to enter the catheterization cavity 2, a (plated) metal hardening layer 16 is arranged on the top of the catheterization cavity 2. On the one hand, the (plated) metal layer has a lubricating effect, which can facilitate the balloon 4 to enter the catheterization cavity 2. On the other hand, the (plated) metal layer has a hardening effect, which can prevent the balloon 4 from being squeezed with the top part of the catheterization cavity 2 when entering the catheterization cavity 2, thereby squeezing and deforming the soft, silicone or rubber top of the catheterization cavity 2, thereby causing the top part of the catheterization cavity 2 to be deformed to hinder the entry of the balloon 4. Most importantly, since the (plated) metal layer increases the rigidity of the top of the catheterization cavity 2, it can effectively prevent the balloon 4 from being thickened by the balloon 4 when entering the catheterization cavity 2, thereby causing the tube body 1 to be deformed to increase its diameter when the balloon 4 enters the catheterization cavity 2, thereby causing severe discomfort to the patient. This design can prevent the columnar balloon 4 from contacting the patient's urethra and causing pain or injury during the removal of the tube body 1; and the setting of the guide wire 7 also has a certain reminder function, which can remind the operator to pull the guide wire 7 to check the integrity of the balloon 4 and store the balloon 4 before absorbing water and removing it.

[0059] Before the tubular body 1 is pulled out, the guide wire 7 is pulled outwards so that the scale line of the exposed part of the guide wire 7 near the bottom of the groove is light red, which conveniently indicates that the balloon 4 is retracted into the tubular body 1 and the tubular body 1 can be pulled out.

[0060] The urinary catheter formed by the manufacturing method has the following technical effects:

[0061] 1. The balloon 4 is made of a soft and expandable material, so that it can be stored in the shell 5 when it is not filled with water;

[0062] 2. When it is filled with water, because the balloon 4 is soft and expandable and forms an expanded sphere, it can squeeze the guide shell 5 (the manufacturing material contains drugs), so that the initial guide shell 5 has the drug treatment effect in the bladder.

[0063] 3. Because the balloon 4 forms an expanded sphere, the expanded sphere pulls the guide wire 7 inward and causes the exposed part of the tail end to change color;

[0064] 4. Because the exposed part of the guide wire 7 changes color, it reminds the user to pull out the guide wire 7 to recover the balloon 4 after the water is released;

[0065] 5. Because the balloon 4 is made of soft material, it can be drawn into the front end hardened portion 16 of the urinary catheter cavity 2.

[0066] 6. Because the hardened portion is metal-plated, it not only increases the lubrication effect, but also prevents the front end of the catheter cavity 2 from deforming.

[0067] Embodiment 4:

[0068] Compared with the first and second embodiments, the fourth embodiment is different in that two or four balloons are provided, which can also achieve / satisfy the technical effect of the urinary catheter in the third embodiment. The corresponding mold only needs to be modified accordingly.

Claims

1. A method for manufacturing a urinary catheter with a three-chamber balloon at the top, characterized by: Step 1, first make a four-lumen catheter, cut the top flat; one of the first cavities whose center coincides with the center of the four-lumen catheter is used as a catheterization cavity, with a diameter of 2 mm; three second cavities are used as water injection cavities, the center of the second cavity coincides with the midpoint of the radius of the circle formed by the cross section of the four-lumen catheter, and the line connecting the centers of the three second cavities forms an equilateral triangle, the center / orthocenter is the center of the first cavity, and the diameter is 0.5 mm; Step 2: At the top of the four-lumen catheter in the direction where the balloon will be formed in the future, cut along the length direction of the catheter to separate the three second cavities into three single-lumen catheters with a length of 2-3 cm and an outer wall, and seal the top of the single-lumen catheter after cutting; Step 3, pressurize the single-lumen catheter in a steel plate that can be pressurized and heated on both sides, at a temperature of 40-60 degrees Celsius, for 5-15 minutes, with a pressure value of 10-15 pounds per single-lumen catheter until it is flat, and trim the excess part of the outer wall to a wall thickness of 0.5 mm; Step 4, connect the tops of the three hot-pressed single-lumen catheters together with polymer glue, take a metal guide wire and pass it through the tail end of the catheterization cavity, pass it out from the top of the catheterization cavity, and connect it to the tops of the three single-lumen catheters; Step 5, use water-soluble polymer to press into the shape of a hollow shell at the top, apply polymer glue to the tail end of the shell, collect three single-lumen catheters inside the shell, and then glue the tail end of the shell to the top of the four-lumen catheter. At this point, a catheter with a three-lumen balloon on the top is manually made.

2. The method for manufacturing a urinary catheter with a three-chamber balloon at the top as claimed in claim 1, characterized in that: In steps 2 and 3, molds are used for production, and the molds are set as follows: Separation mold: including a separation mold body, which is a disc that can perform feeding and retreating actions, and a splitting tube, which is a hollow tubular tool vertically arranged on the upper surface of the mold body disc. The center and number of the hollow tubular tool correspond to the center and number of the second cavity to be cut, and its diameter is 1mm larger than the diameter of the second cavity. The open end of the hollow tube is set as a sharp blade with a length of 2-3cm. Hot pressing mold: including the hot pressing mold body, which is a disc that can do feeding and retreating actions, and a heating component is arranged inside the disc. It also includes three groups of hot pressing blocks, which are two positive and negative hot pressing plates vertically arranged on the upper surface of the mold body disc. The geometric center of each group of hot pressing blocks corresponds to the center of the second cavity, and the number is consistent with the number of the second cavity. The hot pressing plates are heated by the mold body, can be compressed towards each other, and the pressure can be adjusted. The length is 2-3cm; Step 1, as claimed in claim 1; Step 2, align the centers of the three second cavities made in step 1 with the center of the dividing tube in the separation mold, push the four-lumen catheter relative to the separation mold, and after pushing it to 2-3 cm, separate the mold and the four-lumen catheter. At this time, the three second cavities are cut and separated into three single-lumen catheters with a length of 2-3 cm and an outer wall. The excess parts are trimmed flat, and the top of the cut single-lumen catheter is sealed; Step 3, placing three single-lumen catheters into the two hot pressing plates on the front and back of the hot pressing mold, and adjusting the temperature / time / pressure according to claim 1; Steps 4 and 5 are as claimed in claim 1.

3. A method for manufacturing a urinary catheter with a three-chamber balloon at the top as claimed in claim 1 or 2, characterized in that: A hardening portion is arranged at one end of the urinary catheter cavity close to the balloon, and the hardening portion is made by a metal plating process.

4. A method for manufacturing a urinary catheter with a three-chamber balloon at the top as claimed in claim 1 or 2, characterized in that: Drugs or dyes are mixed into the shell material.

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