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US 2026/0306792 A1Published application
Urinary catheter products with increased lubricity
AssigneeHollister Incorporated
InventorsSatwinder S. Panesar, David Pierce, David J. Farrell
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Abstract
Catheter products that include a catheter (10) with at least one eyelet (E1) with rounded edges (20a,20b,22a,22b) and a hydrophilic coating (24) on the outer surface (18) of the catheter lumen and the rounded edges of the at least one eyelet, a package (150), and a hydration medium (130).
Claims23
A urinary catheter product comprising:
- a package containing:
- an intermittent urinary catheter comprising:
- a catheter tube having an inner surface defining a lumen for draining urine, the catheter tube having a proximal insertion end portion for advancement through a urethra into a bladder;
- at least one eyelet located in the proximal insertion end portion of the catheter tube and being in communication with the lumen, the at least one eyelet having a transition defined between an outer surface of the catheter tube and a surface of a wall of the catheter tube defining the at least one eyelet;
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- a hydrophilic coating on the outer surface of the catheter tube and on the transition of the at least one eyelet;
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- a hydration medium in the lumen of the catheter at the proximal insertion end portion of the catheter tube, the hydration medium forming a residual coating on the inner surface of the catheter tube and contacting the hydrophilic coating on the transition of the at least one eyelet.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.