Enhanced pre-wetted intermittent catheter with lubricious coating
AssigneeC. R. Bard, Inc.
InventorsTracey E. Knapp, Vasu Nishtala
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Abstract
The present disclosure relates to a packaged urinary catheter assembly and method of making and using the packaged urinary catheter assembly. The urinary catheter assembly includes a urinary catheter having a proximal end and a distal end. The distal end includes at least one aperture for receiving fluid from a patient. The urinary catheter is contained within a sleeve having a length, a width, and a size configured to receive the catheter. According to one embodiment, the urinary catheter and the sleeve may be arranged in a helical coil. The outer surface of the urinary catheter may have a lubricious and/or an antimicrobial coating.
Claims15
A method of making a catheter assembly, comprising:
- forming a urinary catheter, including forming a tip on a distal end of the urinary catheter and forming a proximal end of the urinary catheter;
- surrounding the urinary catheter with a sleeve;
- wrapping the urinary catheter and the sleeve in a helical coil configuration;
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- releasably fixing adjacent portions of the sleeve together to maintain the helical coil configuration.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.