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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 07, 2026
Filed:
Jul. 22, 2022
Applicant:
Convatec Limited, Deeside, GB;
Inventors:
Rachel Zimet Pytel, Newton, MA (US);
Neal Robert Carty, Las Vegas, NV (US);
Lukas Kandrac, Michalovce, SK;
Assignee:
CONVATEC LIMITED, Flintshire, GB;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 25/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 25/0017 (2013.01); A61M 25/0043 (2013.01); A61M 25/002 (2013.01);
Abstract
The invention provides an intermittent catheter comprising a hollow polymeric tubular body comprising a base polymer and a lubricious additive, wherein the lubricious additive comprises an amphiphilic molecule having a hydrophilic-lipophilic balance below 8.