URINARY CATHETER ASSEMBLY WITH READY-TO-USE CATHETER

• Main Authors: NOSTED ULRIK, KAYEROD HELLE, TANGHOEJ ALLAN, TROSTENSEN JAN
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 27.03.2008
• Subjects: CHEMICAL ASPECTS OF BANDAGES, DRESSINGS, ABSORBENT PADS, ORSURGICAL ARTICLES; DEVICES FOR INTRODUCING MEDIA INTO, OR ONTO, THE BODY; DEVICES FOR PRODUCING OR ENDING SLEEP OR STUPOR; DEVICES FOR TRANSDUCING BODY MEDIA OR FOR TAKING MEDIA FROMTHE BODY; DISINFECTION, STERILISATION, OR DEODORISATION OF AIR; HUMAN NECESSITIES; HYGIENE; MATERIALS FOR BANDAGES, DRESSINGS, ABSORBENT PADS, OR SURGICALARTICLES; MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; METHODS OR APPARATUS FOR STERILISING MATERIALS OR OBJECTS INGENERAL

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a ready to use urinary catheter assembly for direct insertion in the urethraand in a substantially sterile condition. SOLUTION: The urinary catheter assembly comprises a urinary catheter 1 having on at least a part of its surface a hydrophilic surface layer 6 intended to produce a low-friction surface character of the catheter by treatment with a liquid swelling medium prior to use of the catheter and a catheter package 7 having a cavity 11 for accommodation of the catheter 1. The package 7 is formed of walls of a gas impermeable material and accommodating the liquid swelling medium or a catheter pretreated therewith for long time preservation of the low-friction surface character and provision of a ready-to-use catheter assembly. COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT