Catheter Cartridge Assemblies And Methods Of Using The Same For Intermittent Catheterization
AssigneeHollister Incoporated
InventorsMichael G. Murray, Patrick Enda O'Dowd, Stephen Williams
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Abstract
A catheter cartridge assembly includes a cartridge and a catheter member. The cartridge has a cartridge housing with proximal and distal ends. A pre-loaded tip and a protective sleeve associated with the pre-loaded tip are at least partially positioned within the cartridge housing. The catheter member has a proximal end configured to be advanced proximally into and through the cartridge housing to engage a distal end of the pre-loaded tip for proximal advancement out of the proximal end of the cartridge housing with the pre-loaded tip, with the protective sleeve covering at least a portion of the catheter member.
Claims19
A catheter cartridge assembly, comprising:
- a cartridge including
- a cartridge housing having proximal and distal ends;
- a pre-loaded tip at least partially positioned within the cartridge housing;
- and
- a protective sleeve associated with the pre-loaded tip and at least partially positioned within the cartridge housing;
- and
- a catheter member having a proximal end configured to be advanced proximally into and through the cartridge housing to engage a distal end of the pre-loaded tip for proximal advancement out of the proximal end of the cartridge housing with the pre-loaded tip, wherein the protective sleeve is configured to cover at least a portion of the catheter member as said at least a portion of the catheter member is proximally advanced out of the cartridge housing.
A catheterization method employing a cartridge of the type including a cartridge housing having proximal and distal ends, a pre-loaded tip at least partially positioned within the cartridge housing, and a protective sleeve associated with the pre-loaded tip, the method comprising:
- proximally advancing at least a proximal portion of a catheter member into the cartridge housing via the distal end of the cartridge housing;
- engaging a proximal end of the catheter member and a distal end of the pre-loaded tip, thereby positioning said at least the proximal portion of the catheter member within the protective sleeve;
- and
- advancing said pre-loaded tip and said at least the proximal portion of the catheter member out of the cartridge housing via the proximal end of the cartridge housing, with the protective sleeve covering at least a portion of the catheter member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.