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US 2017/0291011 A1Published application
Curved urinary catheter
AssigneeHollister Incoporated
InventorsMartin McMenamin, Marine Veronique Germaine Richard, Adam J. Foley
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Abstract
A catheter assembly including curved urinary catheter and a similarly curved housing for holding and carrying the same are disclosed. A catheter subassembly may be removed from the housing and mounted onto the handle to provide the catheter assembly in an extended deployed condition. The insertable portion of the catheter is curved in a way that compliments the curvature of the female urethra.
Claims22
A urinary catheter assembly comprising:
- a) an elongated housing comprising a closed proximal end, an open distal end, said housing defining a catheter chamber;
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- b) a catheter subassembly comprising a gripping member and a catheter tube extending therefrom, said gripper member including an internal flow path in flow communication with said flow path of said catheter tube and an outlet, wherein said gripping member and said open distal end of said housing are mutually sized and shaped to fixedly retain said gripping member whereby in a first configuration said catheter tube is concealed within said chamber, and whereby in a second configuration said catheter tube extends away from said housing.
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A catheter assembly comprising:
- a) a handle comprising a closed proximal end, an open distal end, said handle having a non-linear profile of a selected curvature;
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- b) a catheter subassembly carried by said handle, said catheter subassembly comprising a gripping member attached to said handle at said open end and a catheter tube extending from said gripping member in a direction away from said handle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.