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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 05, 2003
Filed:
Jul. 19, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Seamus T. Kavanagh, County Mayo, IE;
Martin P. Creaven, County Mayo, IE;
Assignee:
Hollister Incorporated, Libertyville, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 2/700 ; A61M 5/00 ; A61M 2/500 ; A61M 3/100 ; A61M 1/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 2/700 ; A61M 5/00 ; A61M 2/500 ; A61M 3/100 ; A61M 1/00 ;
Abstract
A device for lubricating a urinary catheter and for normally and automatically gripping the catheter but selectively releasing such catheter only when squeezing forces are applied by a user's fingers during a catheterization procedure. Such a device is also combined with a protective container which preferably may also be used as a urine collecting pouch.