US 12,440,644 B2
Reusable urinary catheter products
Michael G. Murray, Ballina (IE); Horacio Montes de Oca, Ballina (IE); Malford E. Cullum, Grayslake, IL (US); Gary W. Inglese, Deerfield, IL (US); and Rory Grogan, Dublin (IE)
Assigned to Hollister Incorporated, Libertyville, IL (US)
Appl. No. 17/617,822
Filed by Hollister Incorporated, Libertyville, IL (US)
PCT Filed Jun. 23, 2020, PCT No. PCT/US2020/039190
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Dec. 9, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/263859, PCT Pub. Date Dec. 30, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/866,339, filed on Jun. 25, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0226605 A1, Jul. 21, 2022
Int. Cl. A61M 25/00 (2006.01); A61L 2/18 (2006.01)
CPC A61M 25/002 (2013.01) [A61L 2/18 (2013.01); A61M 25/0045 (2013.01); A61L 2202/122 (2013.01); A61L 2202/18 (2013.01); A61L 2202/24 (2013.01); A61M 2025/0019 (2013.01); A61M 2025/0046 (2013.01); A61M 2025/0056 (2013.01)] 5 Claims
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1. A reusable urinary catheter product comprising:
a case comprising a distal section, a proximal section, and a flexible middle section therebetween, wherein the middle section of the case comprises grooves and ridges and is configured to bend, the case defining a cavity and the distal section of the case including at least one cutout on an outer surface of the case, and wherein one or more of zinc oxide, zinc sulphates, or zero valence silver is compounded into a material of the case;
a hydration fluid within the cavity, the hydration fluid comprising a sterilization medium;
a reusable catheter including a catheter shaft having a distal end and a proximal end, the catheter including a hydrophilic coating thereon, wherein the hydration fluid hydrates and sterilizes the catheter, the catheter being configured to be repeatedly inserted into and removed from the case; and
a cap associated with distal end portion of the catheter shaft, wherein a lower section of the cap engages the at least one cutout of the case.