Catheter wetting apparatus
AssigneeAstra Tech AB
InventorsDaniel Nestenborg, Jan Utas, Agneta Pettersson
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Abstract
A wetting apparatus (1) for wetting a hydrophilic urinary catheter (3), comprising: a wetting fluid container (4) containing a wetting fluid and being openable by the application of a pulling force thereto; a wetting receptacle (2); and a hydrophilic urinary catheter (3) to be wetted by said wetting fluid and being arranged within said wetting receptacle (2). The wetting fluid container (4) is arranged within the wetting receptacle (2), and the wetting receptacle is extendable, for opening the wetting container without rupturing a sealed condition of the wetting receptacle.
Claims30
A wetting apparatus for wetting a hydrophilic urinary catheter, comprising:
- a wetting fluid container containing a wetting fluid and being openable by the application of a pulling force thereto:
- a wetting receptacle;
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- a hydrophilic urinary catheter to be wetted by said wetting fluid and being arranged within said wetting receptacle,
- wherein the wetting fluid container is arranged within the wetting receptacle, and the wetting receptacle is extendable, for opening the wetting container without rupturing a sealed condition of the wetting receptacle, and
- wherein the wetting fluid container is provided with at least two pulling means for applying said pulling force for opening the container and is fixed to the wetting receptacle only in the vicinity of the pulling means.
A wetting apparatus for wetting a hydrophilic urinary catheter, comprising:
- a wetting fluid container containing a wetting fluid and being openable by the application of a pulling force thereto;
- a wetting receptacle;
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- a hydrophilic urinary catheter to be wetted by said wetting fluid and being arranged within said wetting receptacle,
- wherein the wetting fluid container is arranged within the wetting receptacle, and the wetting receptacle is extendable, for opening the wetting container without rupturing a sealed condition of the wetting receptacle, and
- wherein the wetting receptacle comprises at least one folded section to make the receptacle extendable.
A wetting apparatus for wetting a hydrophilic urinary catheter, comprising:
- a wetting fluid container containing a wetting fluid and being openable by the application of a pulling force thereto;
- a wetting receptacle;
- and
- a hydrophilic urinary catheter to be wetted by said wetting fluid and being arranged within said wetting receptacle,
- wherein the wetting fluid container is arranged within the wetting receptacle, and the wetting receptacle is extendable, for opening the wetting container without rupturing a sealed condition of the wetting receptacle, and
- wherein the wetting fluid container comprises an area of weakness which is opened on the application of the pulling force, the area of weakness extending at an oblique angle to a direction towards the catheter in the wetting receptacle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.