US 12,201,751 B2
Flushable disintegration catheter
John T. Clarke, Galway (IE); Jerome A. Henry, Castlebar (IE); Adam J. Foley, Swords (IE); Shamsedin Rostami, South (GB); Enda F. Carter, Galway (IE); and Horacio Montes de Oca Balderas, Ballina (IE)
Assigned to Hollister Incorporated, Libertyville, IL (US)
Filed by Hollister Incorporated, Libertyville, IL (US)
Filed on Nov. 23, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/101,388.
Application 17/101,388 is a division of application No. 15/103,399, granted, now 10,874,769, previously published as PCT/US2014/069530, filed on Dec. 10, 2014.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/011,337, filed on Jun. 12, 2014.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/915,311, filed on Dec. 12, 2013.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/915,396, filed on Dec. 12, 2013.
Prior Publication US 2021/0069385 A1, Mar. 11, 2021
Int. Cl. A61L 29/14 (2006.01); A61L 29/02 (2006.01); A61L 29/04 (2006.01); A61M 25/00 (2006.01); B29B 15/00 (2006.01); B29C 44/02 (2006.01); B29L 31/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61L 29/14 (2013.01) [A61L 29/02 (2013.01); A61L 29/041 (2013.01); A61L 29/148 (2013.01); A61M 25/0009 (2013.01); A61M 25/0017 (2013.01); A61M 25/002 (2013.01); A61M 25/0043 (2013.01); B29B 15/00 (2013.01); B29C 44/02 (2013.01); B29K 2995/006 (2013.01); B29L 2031/7542 (2013.01)] 24 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A flushable medical device system, comprising:
a) a medical device assembly including a body-insertable portion and a non-insertable portion wherein at least said body-insertable portion is made at least in part of a water disintegratable material that is fragmentable into multiple fragments, wherein a chemical compound is dispersed throughout the water disintegratable material; and
b) a catalyst that reacts with the chemical compound to promote fragmentation of said body-insertable portion at the time of disposal,
wherein the catalyst is separate from the body-insertable portion.