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US 2023/0414901 A1Published application
Reduced-spill hydrophilic catheter product with foamed hydration liquid
AssigneeHollister Incorporated
InventorsSatwinder S. Panesar, Shane O'Malley, Vivienne McNulty
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Abstract
An reduced-spill urinary catheter product 10 including a package 12 containing a hydrophilic catheter 16 and a foamed hydration liquid 18.
Claims18
A catheter product, comprising:
- a package comprising an inner boundary defining a cavity of the package;
- a catheter located within the cavity of the package;
- a void volume defined between an outer surface of the catheter and inner boundary of the package, the void volume having a volume (milliliters);
- a foamed liquid hydration medium located in the void volume, the foamed liquid hydration medium having a density (grams per milliliters);
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- wherein a ratio of a density of the foamed liquid hydration medium to the volume of the void volume is less than 0.1.
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A method of making a catheter product, comprising:
- placing a catheter and foamed hydration liquid into a cavity of a package, wherein the foamed hydration liquid occupies a void volume of the cavity;
- closing the package;
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- wherein the foamed hydration liquid has a density (grams per milliliters) and the void volume has a volume (milliliters), and wherein a ratio of a density of the foamed hydration liquid to the volume of the void volume is less than 0.1.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.