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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 30, 2021
Filed:
Jun. 15, 2016
Applicant:
Hollister Incorporated, Libertyville, IL (US);
Inventors:
Horacio Montes de Oca Balderas, Ballina, IE;
John T. Clarke, Galway, IE;
Assignee:
Hollister Incorporated, Libertyville, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61L 29/04 (2006.01); A61L 29/14 (2006.01); A61M 25/00 (2006.01); C08L 29/04 (2006.01); A61L 29/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61L 29/049 (2013.01); A61L 29/085 (2013.01); A61L 29/141 (2013.01); A61L 2420/06 (2013.01);
Abstract
Polymeric materials that are blends of polymers having differing water solubility rates are disclosed. The blends may be incorporated into at least a portion of a medical devices such as the shafts of flushable urinary catheters to provide suitable catheter stiffness/flexibility and catheter disintegration in water receptacles such as toilets. The blended material may provide the substrate of the catheter shaft or may provide one or more layers of the catheter.