URINARY CATHETER PROVIDED AS A PACKAGE

• US 20180036510A1
• Filed: 08/25/2017
• Published: 02/08/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 06/29/2001
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Coloplast A/S
• Original Assignee: Coloplast A/S
• Inventors: Tanghoej, Allan, Jensen, Lars Boegelund
• Granted Patent: US 10,441,454 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 5/44 Devices worn by the patient for reception of urine, faeces, catamenial or other discharge; Portable urination aidsabsorbent pads, e.g. sanitary towels, A61F13/15; drainage appliances for wounds A61M27/00; emptying devices for urine bags B65B69/0016; Colostomy devices adhesives for colostomy devices A61L24/00; materials for colostomy devices A61L28/00
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2025/0025 having a collapsible lumen
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2025/0175 having telescopic features, interengaging nestable members movable in relations to one another
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2202/0496 Urine
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/04 implanted
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 25/0009 Making of catheters or other medical or surgical tubes
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 25/0017 specially adapted for long-term hygiene care, e.g. urethral or indwelling catheters to prevent infections
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 25/002 Packages specially adapted therefor combined with means for introducing catheters, e.g. dispensers, A61M25/0113; catheter kit packages for surgical articles A61B50/30
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 25/0023 by the form of the lumen, e.g. cross-section, variable diameter
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 25/0054 with regions for increasing flexibility
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 25/0067 characterised by the distal end, e.g. tips A61M25/0054, A61M25/04 take precedence; balloon catheters A61M25/10
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 25/01 Introducing, guiding, advancing, emplacing or holding catheters A61M25/10 takes precedence

Abstract

A urinary catheter is provided as a package, where the package is an enclosed intermittent urinary catheter having a distal section and a proximal section. The distal section includes a urine exit port and the proximal section includes a urine entrance port and has a closed and rounded tip that is adapted to be inserted into a bladder.

Claims

1. A urinary catheter comprising:

a package consisting of an enclosed intermittent urinary catheter, the package including a distal section of the intermittent urinary catheter and a proximal section of the intermittent urinary catheter, where the distal section includes a urine exit port and the proximal section includes a urine entrance port and has a closed and rounded tip that is adapted to be inserted into a bladder;

wherein the proximal section of the intermittent urinary catheter is coupled to the distal section of the intermittent urinary catheter by a substantially liquid tight joint;

wherein the distal section has a distal section length and the proximal section has a proximal section length, with the distal section length greater than the proximal section length; and

wherein the package has a storage condition where the intermittent urinary catheter is collapsed relative to the substantially liquid tight joint such that the proximal section is retracted into the distal section.