Hollister, Inc.

Padraig M O'Flynn

Adam J Foley

James J Fitzpatrick

Martin McMenamin

Michael G Murray

John T Clarke

David Hannon

Paul Charles Fletter

David J Farrell

Daniel E O'Brien

Shamsedin Rostami

Vincent Naughton

William Kirwan Arnold

John P O'Mahony

Brendan Joseph Heneghan

Enda F Carter

Richard Meaney

Dmitry Sheremetiev

Stephen Collum

Malford E Cullum

Horacio Montes De Oca Balderas

Robert A Greynolds

Thomas Renehan

Marine V Richard

Jennifer Munnelly

Colm Mulkerrin

Jerome A Henry

Martin P Creaven

David A Knauz

John Francis Hannan

James McIlvenna

Brent H Sellers

Dean W Hacker

Paul M O'Donnell

Gilberto Marchetti

John Hayes

Martin T Moran

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

A catheter drainage member () configured to be attached to a catheter tube (), the drainage member comprising: body () having an inner surface (); a well () defined by the inner surface of the body, the well configured to receive the catheter tube and an adhesive (); and wherein the well is configured to selectively distribute the adhesive between the inner surface and the tube.

Urinary catheter drainage members and catheters having the same and methods of forming catheters

Urinary catheter protective tips having a fluid reservoir

A package for containing a medical device including peel stops located in the first side seal zone and the second side seal zone of a peripheral seal of package, wherein the first and second peel-stops limit peeling of the first and second side seal zones of the peripheral seal.

Packages for medical devices and medical device assemblies

Methods of varying the stiffness of polymeric medical tubes.

Methods of selectively modifying the flexibility of medical tubes

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 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

A package () for containing a medical device () including a front sheet () and a back sheet () wherein each includes a top edge (), a bottom edge () and opposed first () and second side edges (), the sheets being sealed to each other by a peelable peripheral seal (), having a top seal zone (), bottom seal zone (), and opposed first () and second side seal zones (), the sheets being separated to open the package by at least partially peeling the sheets apart along the first and second side seal zones; a first peel-stop () located in the first side seal zone and a second peel-stop () located in the second side seal zone of the peripheral seal, wherein the first and second peel-stops limit peeling of the first and second side seal zones of the peripheral seal.

Hygienic medical devices having hydrophilic coating

A urinary catheter assembly includes a catheter member and a sleeve member receiving at least a portion of the catheter member and having a greater flexibility than the catheter member. The assembly also includes a stylet having a proximal end movably positioned within the catheter member, with a distal portion of the stylet being positioned outside of the catheter member. The assembly is movable between a compact configuration and an extended configuration. In the compact configuration, the distal portion of the stylet is positioned outside of the catheter member and at least partially within the sleeve member. In the extended configuration, a larger distal portion of the stylet is positioned outside of the catheter member than in the compact configuration. The assembly may be in the extended configuration for introduction into a urethra or may be advanced through a urethra prior to being moved to the extended configuration.

Telescopic urinary catheter assemblies

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 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. 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.

A flushable catheter configured to facilitate flushing of the catheter down the toilet and for disposal thereof. The flushable catheter optionally having a selected density such that the catheter has a desired buoyancy relative to water. Alternatively or in addition to having a selected density, the flushable catheter optionally includes a water capture element that is contacted by flushing water and captures the force of the flushing water to propel the catheter down the toilet and/or across a trapway/U-bend sewer pipe.

Flushable catheters

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Ballina, Ireland

Padraig M O'Flynn