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Automatic gel applying container for an intermittent urinary catheter

  • US 9,833,592 B1
  • Filed: 06/09/2017
  • Issued: 12/05/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/13/2016
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A catheter package comprising:

  • an outer container defining an inner space;

    a catheter received in the inner space of the outer container, the catheter including a flexible catheter tube having a distal tip and at least one discharge opening proximate the distal tip, and a catheter outlet provided at a proximal end of the catheter tube,a gel receptacle provided in the inner space of the outer container, the gel receptacle defining a cavity therein containing a lubricating agent gel, the gel receptacle having a distal opening at a distal end with an inner diameter corresponding to a catheter diameter, and a proximal opening at a proximal end with an inner diameter larger than the catheter tube, wherein in a stored position the catheter extends through the gel receptacle with the distal tip of the catheter tube positioned distal to the gel receptacle and the catheter outlet positioned proximal to the gel receptacle, and wherein a side wall of the gel receptacle is made of a deformable material and configured to collapse inward on the catheter tube; and

    wherein a side wall of the gel receptacle is molded to have a collapsed relaxed state such that withdrawing the catheter proximally from its stored position in the gel receptacle permits the side wall to collapse inward and displaces the lubricating agent gel in the receptacle and coats an exterior surface of the catheter tube with the lubricating agent gel.

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