Hollister, Inc.

Michael G Murray

Adam J Foley

Satwinder S Panesar

Paul Healy

Heather O'Connor

Martin McMenamin

Martin P Creaven

Thomas H Gilman

David Hannon

Brendan Joseph Heneghan

Sean Sweeney

Jerome A Henry

Padraig M O'Flynn

David J Farrell

Daniel E O'Brien

John T Clarke

Barbara J Kearns

Richard Meaney

Kai Jorgensen

Patrick Enda O'Dowd

Vincent Naughton

Horacio Montes De Oca Balderas

John P O'Mahony

Robert A Greynolds

Horacio Montes De Oca

Thomas Renehan

Shane O'Malley

Scott Allen

Martin Mcmenamin

Daniel O'brien

Padraig M O'flynn

Eugene Canavan

Daniel A March

David A Knauz

David L Doerschner

Dmitry Sheremetiev

Paul M O'Donnell

James Jackson

Colm Mulkerrin

Gary W Inglese

Christina Augustyn

George J Cisko

Stephen Williams

Malford E Cullum

Shamsedin Rostami

Denise Gamblin

James J Fitzpatrick

Enda F Carter

James McIlvenna

John Francis Hannan

Dean W Hacker

Patrick Boland

Mitchell J Weinstein

Carlos Horkan

Vivienne McNulty

Charlotte Weir

Martin Bruggernan

Martin T Moran

Rory Grogan

Mark Dillon

Iarla Marron

Robert Miculas

Michelle Murphy

Roisin O'Brien

Rebecca M Leece

Darcy R Balaski

John Joe McDermott

Ryan Hutchinson

Damien Biggins

Patrick Enda O'dowd

Bent Jensen

James Mcilvenna

Padraig O'flynn

Shane O'malley

Adam Foley

Padraig M O'FLYNN

Martin Greaven

Hannon David

Patrick E O'DOWD

Kai Jørgensen

Reusable catheter products () are provided for storing, transporting, and sterilizing reusable urinary catheters. The products include a case () comprising a proximal section (), a middle section (), and a distal section (). The case includes a cavity () configured to receive a catheter (); the cavity includes a hydration fluid (). The catheter comprises a distal end, a proximal end and a tubular section therebetween and includes a hydrophilic coating. When the catheter is inserted into the case, the hydration fluid sterilizes and lubricates the catheter.

Reusable urinary catheter products

A sleeved hydrophilic catheter () with a sleeve () containing a hydration liquid. It comprises a catheter tube having a proximal end portion () and a distal end portion (), the catheter tube having a side wall () defining a lumen. A drainage opening () is located in the distal end portion () of the catheter tube and through the side wall () of the catheter tube, the drainage opening () being in communication with a cavity of the sleeve () and the lumen of the catheter tube. A deflection member is associated with the drainage opening ().

Sleeved hydrophilic medical products

Methods of making sleeved hydrophilic urinary catheters.

Methods of making sleeved hydrophilic catheter assemblies

A reusable urinary catheter (), comprising a catheter tube (), a drainage member (), the proximal end portion of the drainage member being connected to the distal end of the catheter tube, the distal end portion of the drainage member defining a drainage opening (); a collapsible sleeve () surrounding the catheter tube, an introducer attached to the proximal end portion of the sleeve and the distal end portion of the sleeve being attached to the drainage member, the drainage member including channels () in fluid communication with the interior cavity of the sleeve, the channels allowing passage of sterilization fluid into and out of the sleeve; a holder () having a first port () and a second port (), the introducer being releasably attached to the first port and the drainage member being releasable attached to the second port; and a sterilization fluid located within the sleeve.

Hydration mediums for hydrating hydrophilic coatings of urinary catheters and urinary catheter products containing such hydration mediums. Methods for making urinary catheter products having hydration mediums.

Hydrophilic medical products and hydration mediums for hydrating the same

Urinary catheter

A female urinary catheter deployment device includes a housing, an inner tip, an outer tip, a catheter, and an actuator. The outer tip is moved into the vicinity of the urethral opening of a female urethra. The outer tip is then moved from a closed condition to an open condition so as to expose a proximal end of the inner tip and position the proximal end of the inner tip within the urethra. The actuator is then moved with respect to the housing so as to proximally advance a proximal end of the catheter through and out of the proximal end of the inner tip and into the urethra. The proximal end of the catheter is further advanced through the urethra and into the bladder so as to drain urine from the bladder, through the catheter, and out of the housing.

Female urinary catheter deployment devices and methods of using the same

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

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

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Ballina, Ireland

Michael G Murray