Patent ID: 11931524
Assignee: COLOPLAST A/S
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 0:
1. A urinary catheterization aid comprising: a handle integrated with an insertion guide, the handle having a distal end, a handle section extending from the distal end of the handle to the insertion guide, and the insertion guide extending from the handle section to a proximal end of the insertion guide; a guiding channel formed to extend through the urinary catheterization aid from the distal end of the handle through the proximal end of the insertion guide, where the guiding channel is adapted to guide an intermittent urinary catheter through the guiding channel and out of the proximal end of the insertion guide; a bend section formed between the handle section of the handle and the insertion guide, with the bend section curved at a first angle in a range from 45 degrees to 135 degrees; an outlet channel extending from the guiding channel to a drainage opening formed at an outer surface of the urinary catheterization aid; and the intermittent urinary catheter inserted into the guiding channel, with the intermittent urinary catheter provided with at least one drain hole at a middle portion of the intermittent urinary catheter to allow urine to exit the intermittent urinary catheter through the at least one drain hole and to exit the urinary catheterization aid through the drainage opening.