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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 31, 2026
Filed:
Jul. 29, 2021
C. R. Bard, Inc., Franklin Lakes, NJ (US);
Ronald N. Legaspi, Alpharetta, GA (US);
James David Hughett, Sr., Monroe, GA (US);
Kyle Daw, Smyrna, GA (US);
C. R. Bard, Inc., Franklin Lakes, NJ (US);
Abstract
Disclosed herein are intermittent-catheter assemblies and methods thereof. An intermittent-catheter assembly includes, in some embodiments, a collapsible catheter housing and an intermittent catheter. The catheter housing can include an inner sleeve and an outer sleeve slidably mounted over the inner sleeve. Alternatively, the catheter housing can include an outer sleeve and a collapsible outer cover coupled to the outer sleeve. The intermittent catheter includes a funnel and a catheter tube coupled to the funnel. The intermittent-catheter assembly has a storage state and an opened state. In the storage state, the intermittent catheter is sealed within the catheter housing. In the opened state, the catheter housing is collapsed exposing the funnel of the intermittent catheter for removal of the intermittent catheter from the catheter housing. Methods of the intermittent-catheter assemblies include a method of using an intermittent-catheter assembly.