# US 2014/0194841 A1 · Catheter Activation by Handle Removal > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2014/0194841 A1 - Document ID: US20140194841A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 14/241,669 - Filed: 2012-08-08 - Published: 2014-07-10 - Earliest claimed: 2011-08-29 - Assignees: Coloplast A/S - Inventors: Benny Matthiassen; Bo Kjaer Vigant Lorentsen; Helle Haraldsted; Stephen Glibbery - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20140194841A1 ## CPC - A61F 5/4404: {Details or parts} - A61M 25/0017: {specially adapted for long-term hygiene care, e.g. urethral or indwelling catheters to prevent infections} - A61M 25/002: {Packages specially adapted therefor (combined with means for introducing catheters, e.g. dispensers, A61M25/0113); catheter kit packages (for surgical articles A61B50/30)} - A61M 25/0043: {characterised by structural features} - A61M 25/0111: {Aseptic insertion devices} - A61M 2025/0004: {having two or more concentrically arranged tubes for forming a concentric catheter system} - A61M 2025/0006: {which can be secured against axial movement, e.g. by using a locking cuff} - A61M 2025/0046: {Coatings for improving slidability} - A61M 2025/0175: {having telescopic features, interengaging nestable members movable in relations to one another} - A61M 2202/0496: Urine - A61M 2210/1089: Urethra - B65D 47/245: {the valve being opened or closed by actuating a stopper-type element} - A61F: FILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS; PROSTHESES; DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF, TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, e.g. STENTS; ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES; FOMENTATION; TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS; BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS; FIRST-AID KITS (dental prosthetics A61C) - A61M: DEVICES FOR INTRODUCING MEDIA INTO, OR ONTO, THE BODY (introducing media into or onto the bodies of animals A61D7/00; means for inserting tampons A61F13/26; devices for administering food or medicines orally A61J; containers for collecting, storing or administering blood or medical fluids A61J1/05); DEVICES FOR TRANSDUCING BODY MEDIA OR FOR TAKING MEDIA FROM THE BODY (surgery A61B; chemical aspects of surgical articles A61L); DEVICES FOR PRODUCING OR ENDING SLEEP OR STUPOR {(Electrotherapy, e.g. producing anaesthesia by the use of alternating or intermittent currents A61N1/36021)} - B65D: CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES ## Abstract The invention relates to a catheter kit comprising a catheter and a urine bag stored in a package wherein flow is prevented between the catheter and urine bag when stored but enabled when the kit is used. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A catheter kit comprising a urinary catheter, a urine collecting bag and a container, the urinary catheter having a hydrophilic coating and comprising a tubular element having a proximal end and a distal end, the proximal end being provided with eyelets for letting urine enter into the urinary catheter, the distal end being provided with a handle for handling the catheter, the urine collecting bag being connected to the handle, the container being adapted for storing the catheter and for containing a liquid swelling medium for wetting the hydrophilic coating on the catheter, the catheter kit further comprises a cover detachably attached to the container and sized to retain the catheter handle and the urine collecting bag, the catheter kit further comprises a seal, the seal o cerates such that wherein: in a sealing configuration, flow is prevented between the catheter and the urine bag and in a flow configuration, flow is allowed between the catheter and the urine bag and a seal ring is provided in the handle or between the cover and the handle. ### Claim 2 (canceled) ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The catheter kit according to claim 1, wherein the handle is coupled to the container in a liquid-tight coupling. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The catheter kit according to claim 1, wherein the catheter kit is moved from the sealing configuration to the flow configuration by axially displacing the urinary catheter and the handle relative to each other. ### Claim 5 (depends on 3) The catheter kit according to claim 3, wherein the axial displacement occurs as a result of pulling the handle in the axial direction. ### Claim 6 (depends on 3) The catheter kit according to claim 3, wherein the axial displacement occurs as a result of rotating the handle with respect to the urinary catheter. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The catheter kit according to claim 1, wherein the catheter kit is moved from the sealing configuration to the flow configuration by rotationally displacing the urinary catheter and the handle relative to each other. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The catheter kit according to claim 1, wherein the seal includes a first sealing disc provided in the proximal end of the handle and a second sealing disc in the distal end of the catheter. ### Claim 9 (canceled) ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The catheter kit according to claim 1, wherein a valve is arranged between the cover and the handle of the catheter and wherein the valve is opened and the kit is moved from the sealing configuration to the flow configuration when the cover is removed. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The catheter kit according to claim 1, wherein a sealing element providing a liquid tight seal is provided at the inlet to the urine collecting bag. ### Claim 12 (depends on 10) The catheter kit according to claim 10, wherein the catheter kit is moved from the sealing configuration to the flow configuration by removing the sealing element. ### Claim 13 (depends on 10) The catheter kit according to claim 10, wherein the catheter kit is moved from the sealing configuration to the flow configuration by twisting or squeezing the sealing element. ### Claim 14 (depends on 1) The catheter kit according to claim 1, wherein the handle is rotatably connected to the container.