Flip open catheter package

US11534573B2 · 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: Jan 27, 2020
• Grant date: Dec 27, 2022
• Expiry date: Aug 30, 2040

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. A cap is attached to the case by a flexible strap. The case receives the tubing portion of a catheter. The catheter has a funnel 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. The funnel may include ridges or a tactile ring to improve the user's grip on the funnel. An adaptor may be disposed between the funnel and case to allow mating of different cross sectional shapes of the funnel and 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.