US 12,011,547 B2
Wetting mechanism for a catheter
Andrew Kendrick, Cheshire (GB); Julie Lambrethsen, Cheshire (GB); Oliver Walter Pfleger, Merseyside (GB); and Michal Weber, Cheshire (GB)
Assigned to CONVATEC LIMITED, Flintshire (GB)
Filed by CONVATEC LIMITED, Flintshire (GB)
Filed on Apr. 23, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/238,464.
Application 17/238,464 is a continuation of application No. PCT/GB2021/050980, filed on Apr. 23, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 2006055 (GB), filed on Apr. 24, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0346644 A1, Nov. 11, 2021
Int. Cl. A61M 25/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61M 25/002 (2013.01) [A61M 2025/0018 (2013.01); A61M 2205/0222 (2013.01)] 27 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A wetting mechanism for wetting a tube of a male urinary catheter, the wetting mechanism comprising:
a housing forming a gripping element for the catheter, the housing being configured to be positioned initially at or proximal to the tip end of the catheter tube;
wherein the housing comprises a wetting chamber into which at least a portion of the catheter tube is able to be introduced and be moved therethrough to wet the catheter tube in use; and
wherein the wetting mechanism comprises a stopper moveable between a first position in which the stopper prevents the tip end of the catheter tube being moved through the wetting chamber and a second position in which stopper does not prevent the tip end of the catheter tube being moved through the wetting chamber.