Hollister, Inc.

Adam J Foley

Michael G Murray

Martin McMenamin

David Hannon

Jerome A Henry

Padraig M O'Flynn

Paul Charles Fletter

John T Clarke

Stephen Collum

Brendan Joseph Heneghan

William Kirwan Arnold

Enda F Carter

Daniel E O'Brien

Padraig M O'flynn

Shamsedin Rostami

Horacio Montes De Oca Balderas

Denise Gamblin

Barbara J Kearns

James J Fitzpatrick

Robert A Greynolds

Malford E Cullum

Ruchi Seth

Martin Mcmenamin

David L Doerschner

Thomas Renehan

Marine V Richard

Vincent Naughton

David J Farrell

George J Cisko

Horacio Montes De Oca

Shane O'Malley

Richard Meaney

Scott Allen

Daniel O'brien

Eugene Canavan

Daniel A March

David A Knauz

John P O'Mahony

Marine Veronique Germaine Richard

James Jackson

Colm Mulkerrin

Marine V G Richard

Martin P Creaven

Christina Augustyn

Satwinder S Panesar

John Francis Hannan

James McIlvenna

Dmitry Sheremetiev

Patrick Enda O'Dowd

Dean W Hacker

Patrick Boland

Martin Bruggernan

Iarla Marron

Martin T Moran

Charlotte Weir

Daniel E O′brien

John Joe McDermott

Ryan Hutchinson

Damien Biggins

Paul C Fletter

Padraig M O'FLYNN

James Mcilvenna

Patrick E O'DOWD

Jarome Anthony Henry

Michael Murray

John P O'mahony

Patrick E O'dowd

Shane O'malley

Jerome Anthony Henry

Catheter assemblies including a catheter and a liquid.

Ready-to-use urinary catheter assembly

Methods of making sleeved hydrophilic urinary catheters.

Methods of making sleeved hydrophilic catheter assemblies

Hygienic Hydrophilic coatings, hydrophilic coating formulations and wetting fluids that include an anti-infective agent.

Hygienic medical devices having hydrophilic coatings and methods of forming the same

Medical devices that are flushable in a standard toilet are disclosed. The medical devices are made at least in part of material that when introduced into water (of a toilet) disintegrate and/or fragment or are fragmentable before or after introduction into water such that they can be easily carried by the water through the disposal system. At least a portion of the device is intended for insertion into a patient or subject wherein the body-insertable portion retains its structural integrity while in use but is fragmentable once outside the body and exposed to a selected condition.

Flushable disintegration catheter

An adjustable bowel treatment arm () features a telescoping shaft () having a proximal end and a distal end. A handle () is secured to the distal end of the telescoping shaft, while a pivot junction () positioned at the proximal end of the telescoping shaft. A stem has a proximal end and a distal end, where the distal end of the stem is attached to the pivot junction. A head () is attached to the proximal end of the stem.

Adjustable bowel treatment arm

A urinary collection receptacle () with a handle seal () defining a handle opening is provided with one or more tear-controlling features to prevent a user from tearing through the handle seal when creating a spout to empty urine. The receptacle is be configured to require a user to create a generally linear tear () that extends from one edge () of the bag to the opposite edge () without passing through the handle seal. Alternatively a tear-stopping formation () is positioned adjacent to the handle seal to terminate a fear propagating toward the handle seal. Alternatively, a tear-starting formation () is positioned adjacent to the handle seal to direct a tear away from the handle seal. Such a receptacle further includes a frangible region that can be broken to dissociate a torn portion of the receptacle from the remainder of the receptacle.

Receptacles having tear-controlling features

A compact catheter assembly and methods of making such a catheter are disclosed. The catheter assembly incudes a receiver and a catheter sub-assembly. The catheter sub-assembly includes a gripping member and a catheter tube carried by the gripping member.

Compact urinary catheters and methods for making the same

A catheter package includes an elongated case. A cap is attached to the case by a flexible strap. The case receives the tubing portion of a catheter. The catheter has a funnel attached to the tubing. The funnel has a seal portion releasably engageable with the case. The cap is releasably engageable with the funnel to retain the funnel in contact with the case. A user can flip the cap off the funnel to permit removal of the catheter from the case. The funnel may include ridges or a tactile ring to improve the user's grip on the funnel. An adaptor may be disposed between the funnel and case to allow mating of different cross sectional shapes of the funnel and case. A hydration device may be inserted in the case. Alternately, a tubular liner may be inserted in the case to separate liquid water on the outside of the liner from the catheter tubing on the inside of the liner. A window in the liner mounts a patch of filter material that permits the passage of water vapor into the interior of the liner.

Flip open catheter package

An intermittent urinary catheter assembly () comprises a catheter tube () having a proximal insertion end () and a distal end () remote from the proximal insertion end and a lumen () which extends from at or near the proximal insertion end to the distal end for draining urine from a human bladder. The intermittent urinary catheter assembly includes a urine discharge sleeve () associated with the discharge opening () of the catheter tube, and the urine discharge sleeve has a compact stowed configuration and is extendable into a deployed configuration for directing urine flow. Alternatively, an adapter assembly (&#x2033;) comprises a fitting or nipple (&#x2033;) having a urine passageway for insertion into a funnel (&#x2033;) associated with a urine discharge end of an intermittent urinary catheter, and a discharge funnel (&#x2033;) associated with the fitting or nipple, and an extendable urine discharge sleeve (&#x2033;) within the discharge funnel.

Intermittent urinary catheter assembly and an adapter assembly for intermittent urinary catheter

A trans anal irrigation device that can be used on a bed. The device includes a rectal catheter connected to an irrigation fluid supply. A waste collection bag is also connected to the catheter. The catheter may be insertable in a seat attached to a fluid supply line. A valve in one of the catheter or seat selectably allows or prevents fluid communication between the catheter and a waste collection bag. The catheter may include an inflationless cuff made of a flexible material that permits it to be inserted in the rectum to prevent leakage around the exterior of the catheter.

Trans anal irrigation platform with bed module

A device for performing transanal irrigation includes an elongated neck having a proximal end and a flushing liquid channel passing therethrough. In a system including the device, the flushing liquid channel communicates with a source of flushing liquid. An insert is positioned on the proximal end of the neck of the device and is inserted into a body cavity of a user. The insert has a flushing liquid opening that is in fluid communication with the flushing liquid channel of the neck. A control housing is connected to the neck of the device and contains a pump. Pressurized flushing liquid flows through the device channel and exits through the flushing liquid opening of the insert when the pump is activated. A pair of support arms are attached to the device neck and rest on a sitting user's legs with the insert positioned below a body cavity of the user.

Transanal irrigation device and system

A urinary catheter assembly () Includes a catheter tube (), a connector (), and a urine collection bag. The assembly further includes a package with a body receiving the catheter tube () and the urine collection bag () is in its compact configuration. The bag () may be variously configured, such as having a non-woven fabric backing portion and/or an outer adhesive or containing a superabsorbent polymer additive.

Urinary catheter assemblies and packaging for such assemblies

A catheter assembly () comprising: a hydrophilic urinary catheter () having a catheter shaft including a proximal insertion end portion () and a distal end portion () having a drainage member (), a collapsible sleeve () defining a compartment () that contains a portion of the catheter shaft, a distal end portion () of the sleeve () being attached to the distal end portion () of the urinary catheter (); an amount of liquid () located within the compartment (); an introducer () located at a proximal end portion () of the sleeve (), the introducer () including a passageway therethrough and a proximal opening for passage of the catheter shaft therethrough; and a removable cap () covering the introducer () wherein the cap () includes an anti-leak element.

A flushable catheter assembly includes a catheter shaft having proximal and distal end portions. The catheter may include a funnel assembly associated with the distal end portion of the catheter shaft and/or an introducer cap assembly associated with the proximal end portion of the catheter shaft. A groove is defined along at least a portion of an outer perimeter of the funnel assembly or introducer cap assembly, with the groove being configured to receive at least a portion of the catheter shaft for wrapping the catheter shaft around the outer perimeter when disposing of the catheter. Instead of (or in addition to) a groove, one or more channels may pass through the funnel assembly to receive a portion of the catheter shaft for securing the catheter shaft to the funnel assembly for disposal. The catheter assembly and/or its individual components may be formed of a water disintegrable material.

Flushable catheters

Hygienic medical devices having hydrophilic coating

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Swords, Ireland

Adam J Foley