Packaged catheter arrangement
US3934721A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Feb 15, 1973 |
| Grant date | Jan 27, 1976 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 15, 1993 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA61M25/002
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A packaged catheter arrangement having a soft and pliable latex rubber catheter for body orifice use and having its shaft slidably removably disposed within a relatively rigid tube sheath of plastic to form a catheter handling assembly which is enclosed as a unit within a peripherally sealed peel-apart dual sheet overpackage. The tube sheath is sealed closed at one end and the catheter preferably has a pre-lubrication coating on its insertion shaft and enclosed within the closed-ended tube sheath.
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