Urinary catheter assembly allowing for non-contaminated insertion of the catheter into a urinary canal
AssigneeColoplast A/S
InventorsAllan Tanghoj, Lars Bogelund Jensen
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Abstract
A catheter assembly allowing for non-contaminated insertion of the catheter into the urinary canal. The catheter assembly includes a urinary catheter, a catheter package and a sealing member. The urinary catheter defines a conduit and has a proximal end adapted for insertion into the urinary canal and an opposite distal end. The catheter package has a hose with a cavity for accommodation of the catheter, and a catheter outlet adapted to dismantle the proximal end of the catheter from the catheter package. The sealing member is adapted to provide a substantially liquid-tight seal between the catheter package and the urinary catheter while the catheter is being dismantled.
Claims14
A compact extensible catheter assembly comprising:
- a urinary catheter having a proximal end adapted for insertion into the urinary canal of an individual and an opposite distal end;
- a catheter package having a generally tubular body with a cavity for accommodation of an entirety of the catheter in an enclosed configuration and, in a proximal end thereof, a catheter outlet through which the proximal end of the catheter can be projected from the catheter package and a drainage outlet disposed proximate a distal end of the tubular body, the distal end of the urinary catheter is separable away from the distal end of tubular body to open a drain opening in the drainage outlet of the catheter package and the distal end of the urinary catheter is insertable into the distal end of tubular body to close the drain opening in the drainage outlet of the catheter package;
- a length adjustment mechanism whereby a length of said tubular body is adjustable to allow exposing of the proximal end of the catheter through the catheter outlet;
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- a seal mechanism configured to provide a fluid seal between the catheter proximate the distal end of the catheter and an interior of the cavity of the tubular body when the urinary catheter is in an extended position and projecting out of the tubular body so as to form a continuous fluid passageway from the proximal end of the catheter to the drainage outlet of the catheter package.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.