Intermittent urinary catheter assembly

An intermittent urinary catheter assembly comprising:

• an intermittent urinary catheter comprising a catheter tube with a proximal insertion end and an insertion portion extending from the proximal insertion end toward a distal outlet end, the catheter tube comprising a lubricious coating and a plurality of drain openings formed in a longitudinal direction along a proximal portion of the catheter tube,
• a handle coupled with the distal outlet end of the catheter tube, the handle comprising a first cavity and a second cavity, the first cavity forms a through-going hole to allow liquid entering the plurality of drain openings of the catheter tube to exit a distal end of the handle,
• a protective tube telescopically disposed in the second cavity of the handle, and
• a container attachable to the handle and adapted for enclosing the catheter tube of the intermittent urinary catheter and the protective tube during storage of the intermittent urinary catheter assembly,
• wherein the protective tube is adapted to telescope out of the second cavity of the handle to cover and protect at least a portion of the insertion portion of the catheter tube,
• wherein the protective tube is adapted to retract into the second cavity of the handle to fully expose an entire length of the insertion portion of the catheter tube for insertion into a urethra,
• wherein the protective tube and the container each comprises complementary shaped releasable snap-fit connections adapted to telescope the protective tube out of the second cavity of the handle as the container is removed from the handle.

An intermittent urinary catheter assembly comprising:

• an intermittent urinary catheter comprising a catheter tube with a proximal insertion end and an insertion portion extending from the proximal insertion end toward a distal outlet end, the catheter tube comprising a lubricious coating and a plurality of drain openings formed in a longitudinal direction along a proximal portion of the catheter tube,
• a handle coupled with the distal outlet end of the catheter tube, the handle comprising a first cavity and a second cavity, the first cavity forms a through-going hole to allow liquid entering the plurality of drain openings of the catheter tube to exit a distal end of the handle,
• a protective tube telescopically disposed in the second cavity of the handle, and
• a container attachable to the handle and adapted for enclosing the catheter tube of the intermittent urinary catheter and the protective tube during storage of the intermittent urinary catheter assembly,
• wherein the protective tube is adapted to telescope out of the second cavity of the handle to cover and protect at least a portion of the insertion portion of the catheter tube,
• wherein the protective tube is adapted to retract into the second cavity of the handle to fully expose an entire length of the insertion portion of the catheter tube for insertion into a urethra,
• wherein the protective tube and the container each comprises complementary shaped releasable snap-fit connections adapted to telescope the protective tube out of the second cavity of the handle as the container is removed from the handle,
• wherein the complementary shaped releasable snap-fit connections are friction fit one to another.

A urinary catheter assembly comprising:

• an intermittent urinary catheter comprising a catheter tube with a proximal insertion end and an insertion portion extending from the proximal insertion end, the catheter tube comprising a plurality of drain openings formed in a longitudinal direction along a proximal portion of the catheter tube as a linear array of more than five drainage openings,
• a handle coupled with the distal outlet end of the catheter tube, the handle comprising a through-going hole to allow liquid entering the plurality of drain openings of the catheter tube to exit a distal end of the handle,
• a protective tube telescopically disposed in the handle, and
• a container attachable to the handle and adapted for enclosing the catheter tube of the intermittent urinary catheter and the protective tube during storage of the intermittent urinary catheter assembly,
• wherein the protective tube is adapted to telescope out of the handle to fully expose an entire length of the insertion portion of the catheter tube for insertion into a urethra,
• wherein the protective tube and the container each comprises complementary shaped releasable snap-fit connections adapted to telescope the protective tube out of the handle as the container is detached from the handle.