Flip open catheter package

US10561817B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Hollister Incorporated · US

Inventors

• David Hannon · Charleville, IE
• Martin McMenamin · Lifford, IE
• Adam J. Foley · Swords, IE
• Padraig M. O'Flynn · Ballina, IE
• Stephen Collum · Castlebar, IE
• Enda F. Carter · Ballina, IE
• Paul C. Fletter · Rantoul, US
• Marine Veronique Germaine Richard · Carrières-sur-Seine, FR
• Daniel E. O'Brien · Sunnyvale, US
• Vincent Naughton · Sligo, IE

Key dates

• Filing date: May 29, 2015
• Grant date: Feb 18, 2020
• Expiry date: Oct 16, 2035

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61M27/00
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A catheter package includes an elongated case (210). A cap (218) is attached to the case by a flexible strap (214). The case receives the tubing portion of a catheter. The catheter has a funnel (224) attached to the tubing. The funnel has a seal portion releasably engageable with the case. The cap is releasably engageable with the funnel to retain the funnel in contact with the case. A user can flip the cap off the funnel to permit removal of the catheter from the case. A hydration device may be inserted in the case. Alternately, a tubular liner may be inserted in the case to separate liquid water on the outside of the liner from the catheter tubing on the inside of the liner. A window in the liner mounts a patch of filter material that permits the passage of water vapor into the interior of the liner.