US 11,980,721 B2
Catheter wetting devices
Gareth J. Hilton, Flintshire (GB); Colin V. Wood, Flintshire (GB); Manjunath L. Penagondla, Flintshire (GB); Stefan R. Taal, Flintshire (GB); and James R. Hance, Flintshire (GB)
Assigned to ConvaTec Limited, Flintshire (GB)
Filed by CONVATEC LIMITED, Flintshire (GB)
Filed on Aug. 9, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/883,924.
Application 17/883,924 is a continuation of application No. 16/956,085, granted, now 11,420,017, previously published as PCT/IB2018/001539, filed on Dec. 21, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/610,110, filed on Dec. 22, 2017.
Claims priority of application No. 1721955 (GB), filed on Dec. 27, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2022/0379075 A1, Dec. 1, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61M 25/00 (2006.01); A61M 39/10 (2006.01)
CPC A61M 25/002 (2013.01) [A61M 25/0017 (2013.01); A61M 39/10 (2013.01); A61M 2025/0062 (2013.01); A61M 2210/1089 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A wetting device for wetting a catheter, comprising:
an enclosure bounding the wetting device and enclosing a chamber, the enclosure having at least two wetting device apertures in a surface of the enclosure through which a catheter tube passes;
a wetting applicator disposed in the chamber, wherein the wetting applicator is infused with wetting agent and is configured to release wetting agent when compressed;
a port disposed through the enclosure thereof for loading wetting agent into the chamber; and
a connector that extends through an opening in the wetting applicator, wherein the connector applies pressure to the wetting applicator to release wetting agent as the tube is moved through the wetting device.