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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 09, 2026
Filed:
Jun. 10, 2020
Hollister Incorporated, Libertyville, IL (US);
Michael G. Murray, Ballina, IE;
Horacio Montes De Oca, Ballina, IE;
Gary W. Inglese, Deerfield, IL (US);
Rebecca M. Leece, Bicester, GB;
Sean Mcnulty, Dublin, IE;
Jerome A. Henry, Castlebar, IE;
Dean W. Hacker, Ballinrobe, IE;
Padraig M. O'flynn, Ballina, IE;
Martin Mcmenamin, Lifford, IE;
David J. Farrell, Ballina, IE;
Paul O'malley, Hollymount, IE;
Hollister Incorporated, Libertyville, IL (US);
Abstract
Kits are provided for storing, transporting, and sterilizing reusable urinary catheters. A reusable urinary catheter stored within a housing of the kit may be sterilized between uses using a sterilization fluid or sterilizing light. If the reusable urinary catheter is sterilized using a sterilization fluid, the housing may include a manually actuated or electromechanical pump to circulate the sterilization fluid through the housing. The reusable urinary catheter may include a funnel secured to a catheter shaft, with a plurality of lateral openings defined in the funnel, which provide fluid communication between an interior of the funnel and an external surface of the catheter shaft. By allowing fluid communication between the interior of the funnel and the external surface of the catheter shaft, the lateral openings allow for fluid sterilization of both internal and external surfaces of the catheter shaft.