IP Library Granted Patent US 8,968,273
Granted Patent B2
US 8,968,273 · App. 13/657,076 · Granted Mar 3, 2015

Catheter set

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Patent No.
US 8,968,273
App. No.
13/657,076
Granted
Mar 3, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention relates to a catheter set with a catheter, which has a catheter shaft; a package, which encompasses at least partially the catheter and which has an slide-out removal opening for the catheter; and a gripping aid, which is arranged in the package and which is movable on the catheter shaft, whereby the gripping aid is attached to the package and spaced a distance to the slide-out removal opening in such a manner that package material that can be pushed together is arranged between the gripping aid and the slide-out removal opening.

Claims (20)

1. A catheter set comprising: a catheter, which has a catheter shaft; a package, which encompasses at least partially the catheter and which has an slide-out removal opening for the catheter; and a gripping aid, which is arranged entirely in the package and which is movable on the catheter shaft, wherein the gripping aid is attached to the package and spaced a distance to the slide-out removal opening in such a manner that package material that can be pushed together is arranged between the gripping aid and the slide-out removal opening,

wherein the gripping aid is formed as a flexible sleeve having a hollow shape, and

wherein the gripping aid is arranged along on a long side of the package.

2. The catheter set according to claim 1 , wherein the slide-out removal opening is formed in a package end.

3. The catheter set according to claim 1 , wherein the slide-out removal opening is formed by a stiffening in the package.

4. The catheter set according to claim 1 , wherein a distance between the slide-out removal opening and the gripping aid amounts to at least one-fourth of a length of the catheter shaft.

5. The catheter set according to claim 1 , wherein the gripping aid is fixed in place in the package by at least one sealing seam.

6. The catheter set according to claim 1 , wherein a length of the gripping aid amounts to at least 5% of a length of the catheter shaft.

7. The catheter set according to claim 1 , wherein an inside diameter of the gripping aid is about 1.5 times to 3 times the catheter diameter.

8. The catheter set according to claim 1 , wherein the catheter has a limit stop on its end that faces away from the slide-out removal opening and an inside diameter of the gripping aid is greater than the outside diameter of the limit stop.

9. The catheter set according to claim 8 , wherein the diameter of the slide-out removal opening is less than the outside diameter of the limit stop.

10. The catheter set according to claim 1 , wherein the package is formed as a urine collection container.

11. The catheter set according to claim 10 , wherein the gripping aid is arranged in the urine collection container.

12. The catheter set according to claim 1 , wherein the slide-out removal opening can be reclosed.

13. The catheter set according to claim 1 , wherein a sachet that contains a lubricant is arranged in the package.

14. The catheter set according to claim 1 , wherein the catheter shaft has a hydrophilic coating.

15. The catheter set according to claim 1 ,

wherein an inside diameter of the gripping aid is about 1.5 times to 3 times the catheter diameter, and

wherein a length of the gripping aid amounts to at least 10% of a length of the catheter shaft, and

wherein a distance between the slide-out removal opening and the gripping aid amounts to at least one-fourth of a length of the catheter shaft.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 16, 2024
From: TELEFLEX LIFE SCIENCES PTE. LTD.
To: TELEFLEX LIFE SCIENCES LLC
Reel/Frame 066616/0118 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 28, 2023
From: MEDICAL SERVICE GMBH
To: TELEFLEX LIFE SCIENCES PTE. LTD.
Reel/Frame 062833/0538 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 10, 2013
From: PASSADORE, RICCARDO; HIESCH, BERNHARD
To: MEDICAL SERVICE GMBH
Reel/Frame 029785/0639 →