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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 20, 2024
Filed:
Dec. 21, 2018
Applicant:
Convatec Limited, Flintshire, GB;
Inventors:
David A. Donnelly, Flintshire, GB;
Julie Lambrethsen, Flintshire, GB;
Melanie Clutton, Flintshire, GB;
Assignee:
ConvaTec Limited, Flintshire, GB;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 25/01 (2006.01); A61M 25/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 25/0113 (2013.01); A61M 25/0067 (2013.01); A61M 25/0111 (2013.01); A61M 2210/1092 (2013.01);
Abstract
Disclosed herein are catheter assemblies () with a locator tip () proximal to the distal tip () of a catheter tube (). The locator tip is sized to remain outside a female urethra and configured to allow the catheter tube to pass there through. As an example, the locator tip allows a woman using a urinary catheter to target her urethra without exposing the catheter tube to tissue until the urethra is located and insertion is initiated. This avoids infecting the urethra with a catheter tube that has been contaminated by bacteria around the urethra.