US 11,904,111 B2
Female catheter locator tip
David A. Donnelly, Flintshire (GB); Julie Lambrethsen, Flintshire (GB); and Melanie Clutton, Flintshire (GB)
Assigned to ConvaTec Limited, Flintshire (GB)
Appl. No. 16/956,096
Filed by CONVATEC LIMITED, Flintshire (GB)
PCT Filed Dec. 21, 2018, PCT No. PCT/IB2018/001540
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jun. 19, 2020,
PCT Pub. No. WO2019/123004, PCT Pub. Date Jun. 27, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/610,100, filed on Dec. 22, 2017.
Claims priority of application No. 1721956 (GB), filed on Dec. 27, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2021/0100979 A1, Apr. 8, 2021
Int. Cl. A61M 25/01 (2006.01); A61M 25/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61M 25/0113 (2013.01) [A61M 25/0067 (2013.01); A61M 25/0111 (2013.01); A61M 2210/1092 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus, comprising: a catheter assembly comprising:
a catheter tube including a distal tip configured for insertion into a female urethra;
a locator tip including: a tubular portion; and
a sleeve coupled to the locator tip; and
a case for storing the catheter assembly;
wherein the sleeve is configured to extend over and along the catheter tube during removal of the catheter assembly from the case;
wherein removal of the catheter assembly from the case causes the sleeve to transition from the contracted state to the elongated state, thereby causing the sleeve to extend along the catheter tube.
 
6. An apparatus, comprising:
a case; and
a catheter assembly received in the case, the catheter assembly comprising:
a sleeve having a contracted state and an elongated state;
a locator tip mounted to an end of the sleeve; and
a catheter tube comprising a distal tip configured for insertion into a female urethra;
wherein removal of the catheter assembly from the case causes the sleeve to transition from the contracted state to the elongated state, thereby causing the sleeve to extend along the catheter tube; and
wherein the catheter tube is operable to pass through the locator tip.