Patent ID: 9486603
Filing Date: 2016-11-08
CPC Classification: A61M

Claim Text:
1. An intermittent urinary catheter comprising: a generally flexible tubular body member defining a single lumen extending centrally along a longitudinal axis from a first end to a second end and the tubular body member having a rounded endwall located at the first end connected with an inwardly tapering conical section defining a single entrance opening generally orthogonal to the longitudinal axis, said first end adapted to be advanced through a urethral canal into a bladder of a patient; an outer surface spaced apart from an inner surface of the tubular member, wherein the inner surface defines the single lumen adapted to drain urine from the bladder; and a plurality of distinct longitudinally extending arcuately convex surfaces positioned circumferentially about the longitudinal axis collectively defining the outer surface.