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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 28, 2026
Filed:
Sep. 10, 2021
C. R. Bard, Inc., Franklin Lakes, NJ (US);
James David Hughett, Sr., Monroe, GA (US);
Pooja Kulkarni, Pune, IN;
C. R. Bard, Inc., Franklin Lakes, NJ (US);
Abstract
An intermittent-catheter assembly () includes an intermittent catheter and a catheter housing (). The intermittent catheter includes a funnel and a catheter tube fluidly coupled to the funnel. The catheter housing () includes the intermittent catheter disposed in the catheter housing while in a packaged state of the intermittent-catheter assembly. The catheter housing includes an inner sleeve () and an outer sleeve (). The inner sleeve () includes a longitudinal cavity containing a majority of the intermittent catheter in the packaged state of the intermittent-catheter assembly. The outer sleeve () is slidably disposed over the inner sleeve (). The catheter housing () is configured to expose the intermittent catheter for removal from the catheter housing () when the outer sleeve () is grasped and slid toward an exposed end of the inner sleeve () in opposition to a force applied to the exposed end of the inner sleeve ().