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AssigneeHollister Incorporated
InventorsDavid Hannon, Martin McMenamin, Adam J. Foley, Padraig M. O'Flynn, Stephen Collum, Enda F. Carter, Paul C. Fletter, Marine V. Richard, Daniel E. O'Brien, Vincent Naughton
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A catheter package includes an elongated case. A cap is attached to the case by a flexible strap. The case receives the tubing portion of a catheter. The catheter has a funnel attached to the tubing. The funnel has a seal portion releasably engageable with the case. The cap is releasably engageable with the funnel to retain the funnel in contact with the case. A user can flip the cap off the funnel to permit removal of the catheter from the case. The funnel may include ridges or a tactile ring to improve the user's grip on the funnel. An adaptor may be disposed between the funnel and case to allow mating of different cross sectional shapes of the funnel and case. A hydration device may be inserted in the case. Alternately, a tubular liner may be inserted in the case to separate liquid water on the outside of the liner from the catheter tubing on the inside of the liner. A window in the liner mounts a patch of filter material that permits the passage of water vapor into the interior of the liner.
A catheter, comprising:
A catheter, comprising:
A catheter comprising an elongated tubing attached to a hollow funnel that has a wall, the wall defining a longitudinal axis and having an internal surface defining a lumen and external surfaces, the wall further including first and second ends, the funnel being integrally attached to the elongated tubing and having a first cross section intermediate the ends wherein the internal surface and the external surface of the cross section are circular, the funnel further including a second cross section near one of the ends wherein the internal surface is circular and the external surfaces have at least one pair of parallel straight portions to define a non-circular external cross section.
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