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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 05, 2019
Filed:
Dec. 10, 2014
Hollister Incorporated, Libertyville, IL (US);
John T. Clarke, Galway, IE;
Jerome A. Henry, Castlebar, IE;
Adam J. Foley, Swords, IE;
Horacio Montes de Oca Balderas, Ballina, IE;
Shamsedin Rostami, South Cambridgeshire, GB;
Enda F. Carter, Ballina, IE;
Martin McMenamin, Lifford, IE;
John F. Hannan, Enniscrone, IE;
Brendan J. Heneghan, Westport, IE;
Padraig M. O'Flynn, Ballina, IE;
Michael G. Murray, Ballina, IE;
Richard Meaney, Westport, IE;
Hollister Incorporated, Libertyville, IL (US);
Abstract
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.