Hollister, Inc.

Jeanne E Lee

Martin McMenamin

Vincent Naughton

Martin P Creaven

Daniel E O'Brien

Stephen Collum

Joseph N Hanley

David A Knauz

Siobhan Duffy

Eugene Canavan

Daniel A March

Marine Veronique Germaine Richard

Scott J Pupino

Claire O'Grady

Kieran J McFadden

Jerome A Henry

William Kirwan Arnold

Denise Gamblin

Christina Augustyn

Malford E Cullum

Donald V Matesi

Marine V Richard

Colin Conlon

Stephen King

Mary L Glennon

Martin Bruggemann

Mark Liddle

Peng Lin

Malford E Callum

A package for a medical device such as an intermittent catheter has a case which is closed at one end and open at the other end. A cap is connected to the case by a hinge to permit selectable movement of the cap between an open position, wherein access is provided to the open end of the case, and a closed position, wherein the cap prevents access to the open end of the case. A seal is connected to one of the cap and case. The seal is engageable with the other of the cap and case when the cap is closed to form a barrier that maintains a sterile environment inside the package. The seal can be repeatedly made and broken whenever the user closes or opens the cap, respectively. The case includes a pair of slots at the open end. A pair of latches are formed in the cap. The latches fit into the slots to prevent lateral forces from distorting the cap when the cap is closed.

Medical device package with flip cap having a snap fit

A package for a medical device such as an intermittent catheter has a case and a cap connected by threads. The case includes a hollow tube which is closed at one end and open at the other. A shoulder is formed near one end of the case. Above the shoulder is a cylindrical ferrule that includes external threads. The cap has internal threads selectably engageable with the threads on the ferrule to form a liquid-tight seal between the cap and case when the cap is installed on the case.

Medical device package with a twist cap

Components for use in hollow organ irrigation systems are provided, including collapsible and expandable liquid reservoirs, self-supporting liquid containers for liquid reservoirs, and retaining elements for rectal catheters, which may be inflatable or un-inflatable.

Hollow organ irrigation systems

A trans-anal irrigation (TAI) device has a pump base unit, an irrigation fluid reservoir, a wireless electronic controller, fluid tubing, and a disposable rectal catheter in fluid communication with the tubing. The rectal catheter has a retention balloon and a waste control valve. The fluid tubing contains two or three separate lumens for irrigation fluid and retention balloon inflation/deflation and optionally for waste control valve actuation. None of the lumens ever communicates with any other lumen. A hydraulic control circuit has a pump that pumps in one direction only but, with suitable control valves, is able to pump water to and from the retention balloon and to and from an optional waste control valve. A water temperature sensor is mounted in the pump base unit at a thin-wall section. The temperature sensor sends a signal to a controller which provides an indication of whether the water temperature is suitable for use.

Wireless electronic pump design for a body cavity irrigation device

Controller with a transitional graphical user interface

Catheter package with flip cap

Catheter package with twist cap

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Libertyville, IL, United States of America

Jeanne E Lee