Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Female urinary catheter deployment devices and methods of using the same
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Application No.: US16971004Application Date: 2019-05-16
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Publication No.: US11642492B2Publication Date: 2023-05-09
- Inventor: Michael G. Murray , Roisin O'Brien
- Applicant: Hollister Incorporated
- Applicant Address: US IL Libertyville
- Assignee: Hollister Incorporated
- Current Assignee: Hollister Incorporated
- Current Assignee Address: US IL Libertyville
- Agency: Cook Alex Ltd.
- International Application: PCT/US2019/032575 2019.05.16
- International Announcement: WO2019/245679A 2019.12.26
- Date entered country: 2020-08-19
- Main IPC: A61M25/00
- IPC: A61M25/00 ; A61F5/455 ; A61M25/01

Abstract:
A female urinary catheter deployment device includes a housing, an inner tip, an outer tip, a catheter, and an actuator. The outer tip is moved into the vicinity of the urethral opening of a female urethra. The outer tip is then moved from a closed condition to an open condition so as to expose a proximal end of the inner tip and position the proximal end of the inner tip within the urethra. The actuator is then moved with respect to the housing so as to proximally advance a proximal end of the catheter through and out of the proximal end of the inner tip and into the urethra. The proximal end of the catheter is further advanced through the urethra and into the bladder so as to drain urine from the bladder, through the catheter, and out of the housing.
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