Flip open catheter package

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10561817-B2
Application number	US-201515314436-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 29, 2015
Priority date	May 30, 2014
Publication date	Feb 18, 2020
Grant date	Feb 18, 2020

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.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A catheter and package assembly, comprising:
a catheter having an elongated tubing and a funnel attached to one end of the tubing;
an elongated case having a rim defining an open end, the rim being sized to permit entry of at least the catheter tubing;
a liner telescopically received with said case, said liner having a hollow interior defined by a surrounding wall and sized to received said elongated tubing, said wall including at least one window which is covered by a liquid impermeable/vapor permeable material, and
a cap.

2. The catheter and package assembly of claim 1 wherein at least a portion of the funnel of said catheter installed in the case resides outside of said elongated case.

3. The catheter and package assembly of claim 1 wherein said funnel has an open end opposite said one end attached to the elongated tubing and wherein the cap is releasably engageable with said open end of the funnel of a catheter installed in the case.

4. The catheter and package assembly of claim 3 further comprising a strap having one end attached to the elongated case and the other end attached to the cap.

5. The catheter and package assembly of claim 1 wherein at least a portion of the funnel of said catheter installed in the case resides inside of said elongated case.

6. A catheter and package assembly, comprising:
a catheter having an elongated tubing and a funnel comprising an upper body portion and a lower seal portion attached to one end of the tubing, said funnel including a funnel seal at said lower seal portion;
an elongated case having a rim defining an open end, the rim being sized to permit entry of at least the catheter tubing, said case further comprising an internal seal face for providing an interference fit with said funnel seal;
a hydration medium in the case where it is effective to lubricate the catheter tubing, said hydration medium comprising a liner telescopically received within said case, said liner having a hollow interior defined by a surrounding wall and sized to received said elongated tubing, said wall including at least one window which is covered by a liquid impermeable/vapor permeable material; and
a cap connected to the case by a hinge and movable between closed and open positions, the cap when in the open position permitting withdrawal of the catheter from the case and installation of the catheter into the case, the cap when in the closed position preventing withdrawal of the catheter from the case and preventing loss of the hydration medium from the case.

7. The catheter and package assembly of claim 6 wherein the hydration medium further comprises a wick wetted with a liquid and placed in the case.

8. The catheter and package assembly of claim 6 wherein the hydration medium further comprises liquid water placed in the case.

9. The catheter and package assembly of claim 6 wherein the hydration medium further comprises a grommet mounted to the case and filled with a lubricating gel, the grommet having a central aperture therein which is sized to permit passage of the catheter tubing.

10. The catheter and package assembly of claim 6 wherein the funnel has a body portion and a plurality of ridges are formed on the exterior surface of the body portion and protruding upwardly from said surface.

11. The catheter and package assembly of claim 10 further comprising at least one tactile ring formed near an end of the body portion and protruding upwardly from the surface thereof.

12. The catheter and package assembly of claim 6 wherein the funnel has a wall, the wall defining a longitudinal axis and having an internal surface defining a lumen and external surfaces, the wall further including first and second ends, the funnel having a first cross section intermediate the ends wherein the internal surface and the external surface of the cross section are circular, the funnel further including a second cross section near one of the ends wherein the internal surface is circular and the external surfaces have at least one pair of parallel straight portions to define a non-circular external cross section.

13. The catheter and package assembly of claim 6 further comprising an adaptor press fit into the open end of the case, the adaptor having an internal passageway and an external cross section that matches the internal cross section of the case.

14. The catheter and package assembly of claim 6 wherein the elongated case comprises a tubular wall.

Assignees

• Hollister Inc

Inventors

• Hannon David
• Mcmenamin Martin
• Foley Adam J
• O'Flynn Padraig M
• Collum Stephen
• Carter Enda F
• Fletter Paul C
• Richard Marine V
• O'Brien Daniel E
• Naughton Vincent

Classifications

• A61M27/00

  Drainage appliance for wounds or the like {, i.e. wound drains, implanted drains} ({negative pressure wound therapy devices A61M1/90;} implements for holding wound open A61B17/02 {; middle ear drainage A61F11/202}) · CPC title

• A61M25/0097

  characterised by the hub (connectors A61M39/10) · CPC title

• A61M25/002 Primary

  Packages specially adapted therefor (combined with means for introducing catheters, e.g. dispensers, A61M25/0113); catheter kit packages (for surgical articles A61B50/30) · CPC title

• A61M25/0017

  specially adapted for long-term hygiene care, e.g. urethral or indwelling catheters to prevent infections · CPC title

• B65D47/141

  for stoppers · CPC title