Urinary catheter drainage members and catheters having the same and methods of forming catheters
AssigneeHollister Incorporated
InventorsDavid J. Farrell, Brent H. Sellers, David A. Knauz, Padraig M. O'Flynn, Paul M O'Donnell, John Hayes, Gilberto Marchetti, Horacio Montes de Oca Balderas
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Abstract
A catheter drainage member (112) configured to be attached to a catheter tube (116), the drainage member comprising: body (115) having an inner surface (114); a well (120) defined by the inner surface of the body, the well configured to receive the catheter tube and an adhesive (122); and wherein the well is configured to selectively distribute the adhesive between the inner surface and the tube.
Claims8
A catheter drainage member configured to be attached to a catheter tube, the drainage member comprising:
- a body having an inner surface and a longitudinal axis extending between a proximal end of the body and a distal end of the body;
- a non-symmetrical well defined by the inner surface of the body, the body having an end wall with a proximal opening configured to receive the catheter tube and an adhesive into the non-symmetrical well, the inner surface of the body having a tapered portion extending outwardly from a shoulder at a distal end of the non-symmetrical well to the end wall at a proximal end of the non-symmetrical well, and the non-symmetrical well having a cross-section that is non-symmetrical in a plane that is perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the body and parallel to the end wall of the body, the cross-section having a narrower side and a wider side;
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- wherein the well is configured to selectively distribute the adhesive between the inner surface and the tube.
A urinary catheter, comprising:
- a catheter tube;
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- a drainage member attached to a distal end of the catheter tube, the drainage member comprising:
- a body having an inner surface and a longitudinal axis extending between a proximal end of the body and a distal end of the body;
- a non-symmetrical well defined by the inner surface of the body, the body having an end wall with a proximal opening configured to receive the catheter tube and an adhesive into the non-symmetrical well, the inner surface of the body having a tapered portion extending outwardly from a shoulder at a distal end of the non-symmetrical well to an end wall at a proximal end of the non-symmetrical well, and the non-symmetrical well having a cross-section that is non-symmetrical in a plane that is perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the body and parallel to the end wall of the body, the cross-section having a narrower side and a wider side;
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- wherein the well is configured to selectively distribute the adhesive between the inner surface and the tube.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.