US 12,290,641 B2
Medical device package with flip cap having a snap fit
Martin McMenamin, Lifford (IE); Daniel E. O'Brien, Calry (IE); Vincent Naughton, Sligo (IE); Joseph N. Hanley, Sligo (IE); David A. Knauz, Riverwoods, IL (US); Martin P. Creaven, Ballina (IE); Stephen Collum, Castlebar (IE); Jeanne E. Lee, Libertyville, IL (US); Siobhan Duffy, Westport (IE); Marine Veronique Germaine Richard, Carrieres sur Seine (FR); Eugene Canavan, Bray (IE); Scott J. Pupino, Lakewood, IL (US); Kieran J. McFadden, Letterkenny (IE); Claire O'Grady, Castlebar (IE); and Daniel A. March, Lake Villa, IL (US)
Assigned to Hollister Incorporated, Libertyville, IL (US)
Filed by Hollister Incorporated, Libertyville, IL (US)
Filed on Oct. 30, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/497,493.
Application 17/379,652 is a division of application No. 16/094,937, granted, now 11,103,676, issued on Aug. 31, 2021, previously published as PCT/US2017/028979, filed on Apr. 21, 2017.
Application 18/497,493 is a continuation of application No. 17/379,652, filed on Jul. 19, 2021, granted, now 11,833,312.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/461,635, filed on Feb. 21, 2017.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/448,748, filed on Jan. 20, 2017.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/431,856, filed on Dec. 9, 2016.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/326,322, filed on Apr. 22, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2024/0058569 A1, Feb. 22, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61M 25/00 (2006.01); B65D 43/16 (2006.01); B65D 83/08 (2006.01)
CPC A61M 25/002 (2013.01) [B65D 43/162 (2013.01); A61M 25/0017 (2013.01); B65D 83/0835 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
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1. A catheter assembly, comprising:
a package comprising:
a case having a hollow tube including a closed end and opposed open end;
a cap;
a hinge having one end connected to the cap and a second end connected to the open end of the hollow tube, the hinge permitting selectable movement of the cap between an open position, wherein access is provided to the open end of the hollow tube, and a closed position, wherein the cap prevents access to the open end of the hollow tube; and
a seal connected to at least one of the cap and case, the seal being engageable with the other of the cap and case when the cap is in the closed position to form a seal between the cap and case that can be repeatedly made and broken whenever a user closes or opens the cap, respectively;
a hydrophilic catheter including a catheter tube with a distal end and a proximal end, the distal end including a funnel and a hydrophilic coating on a surface of the catheter tube; and
a hydrating medium.