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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 15, 2022
Filed:
Sep. 13, 2019
Hollister Incorporated, Libertyville, IL (US);
Brendan J. Heneghan, Westport, IE;
David Hannon, Ballina, IE;
Jerome A. Henry, Castlebar, IE;
Michael G. Murray, Ballina, IE;
Adam J. Foley, Swords, IE;
Hollister Incorporated, Libertyville, IL (US);
Abstract
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 (″) comprises a fitting or nipple (″) having a urine passageway for insertion into a funnel (″) associated with a urine discharge end of an intermittent urinary catheter, and a discharge funnel (″) associated with the fitting or nipple, and an extendable urine discharge sleeve (″) within the discharge funnel.