	US 11,865,269 B2
	Hydrophilic medical device with removable moisture control/barrier layer
David J. Farrell, Ballina (IE)
Assigned to Hollister Incorporated, Libertyville, IL (US)
Appl. No. 16/646,063
Filed by Hollister Incorporated, Libertyville, IL (US)
PCT Filed Sep. 10, 2018, PCT No. PCT/US2018/050263 § 371(c)(1), (2) Date Mar. 10, 2020, PCT Pub. No. WO2019/051412, PCT Pub. Date Mar. 14, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/556,743, filed on Sep. 11, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2020/0282177 A1, Sep. 10, 2020
Int. Cl. A61M 25/00 (2006.01); A61L 29/08 (2006.01); B65B 55/16 (2006.01)

CPC A61M 25/0017 (2013.01) [A61L 29/08 (2013.01); A61M 25/002 (2013.01); A61M 25/0009 (2013.01); A61M 25/0045 (2013.01); B65B 55/16 (2013.01); A61L 2300/216 (2013.01); A61L 2300/30 (2013.01); A61L 2420/08 (2013.01); A61M 2025/0019 (2013.01)]

17 Claims

1. A urinary catheter assembly, comprising:

a package defining a cavity;

a urinary catheter located within the cavity, the urinary catheter including a surface of a hydrophilic material provided on the exterior surface of the urinary catheter; and

a moisture control layer covering at least a portion of the hydrophilic material wherein the moisture control layer comprises a wax.