Hollister, Inc.

James J Fitzpatrick

Padraig M O'Flynn

Adam J Foley

Shamsedin Rostami

John T Clarke

William Kirwan Arnold

Paul Charles Fletter

Padraig M O'flynn

David J Farrell

Malford E Cullum

John P O'Mahony

Horacio Montes De Oca

Enda F Carter

Thomas Renehan

Michael G Murray

Jerome A Henry

Daniel E O'Brien

Daniel E O′brien

Martin T Moran

John P O'mahony

Padraig M O'FLYNN

Catheter assemblies including a catheter and a liquid.

Ready-to-use urinary catheter assembly

A catheter assembly includes a catheter at least partially positioned within a sleeve. The catheter has a coating, which produces a low-friction surface on the catheter when treated with an activating fluid. A protective tip is connected to the sleeve and has proximal and distal internal seals, with the proximal seal at the proximal end of the tip or between proximal and distal ends of the protective tip. A cap of the assembly has a projection, which is removably received within the protective tip for sealing engagement with the proximal and distal seals to define a fluid reservoir within the protective tip. An activating fluid is contained within the fluid reservoir. The projection may be partially hollow to receive a portion of the catheter. The sleeve may be relatively narrow or at least have a narrowed portion for better distribution of activating fluid to the surface of the catheter.

Urinary catheter assemblies having a sleeve

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

Urinary catheter protective tips having a fluid reservoir

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.

Hygienic medical devices having hydrophilic coating

A reusable urinary catheter assembly includes a catheter shaft and a plurality of removable members associated with the catheter shaft. A different one of the removable members is configured to be removed from the catheter shaft between each consecutive use of the reusable urinary catheter assembly. By such a configuration, the number of times that the reusable urinary catheter may be reused is limited by the number of removable members.

Urinary catheters having limited reusability

A catheter assembly includes a protective tip defining an interior chamber between its proximal and distal ends. A protective lubricious sleeve is positioned within the interior chamber. A catheter of the assembly is configured to be advanced proximally into and through the interior chamber to position at least a portion of the catheter within the protective sleeve, with the protective sleeve being retained upon the catheter as at least a proximal portion of the catheter exits the proximal end of the protective tip and is advanced through a body lumen. A second sleeve may be associated with the protective tip and configured to extend distally from the protective tip to remain outside of the body lumen during use and receive a more distal portion of the catheter.

Catheter assemblies having a protective lubricious sleeve

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Ballina, Ireland

James J Fitzpatrick