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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 17, 2020
Filed:
Apr. 16, 2019
Applicant:
Cure Medical, Llc, Newport Beach, CA (US);
Inventor:
Timothy Palmer, Stillwater, MN (US);
Assignee:
CURE MEDICAL, LLC, New Port Beach, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 25/00 (2006.01); B65B 5/04 (2006.01); B65B 31/02 (2006.01); B65B 51/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 25/002 (2013.01); B65B 5/045 (2013.01); B65B 31/02 (2013.01); B65B 51/10 (2013.01); A61M 2025/0046 (2013.01); A61M 2205/0222 (2013.01); A61M 2207/00 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method of packaging a ready to use intermittent urinary catheter by (i) placing lubricant within a pocket formed in a base film proximate a first end of the pocket, (ii) placing a catheter within the pocket with the insertion end of the catheter proximate the first end of the pocket, (iii) partially sealing the catheter within the pocket between the base film and a cover film, (iv) pulling a vacuum within the pocket to effect controlled circumferential flow of lubricant around the insertion end portion of the catheter, and then (v) fully sealing the pocket.