Patent ID: 8267919
Filing Date: 2012-09-18
Classification: A61L,A61M

Abstract:
1. A catheter assembly comprising: a wetting fluid; and a catheter having on its surface, on at least an insertable part thereof, a hydrophilic surface layer providing low-friction surface character of the catheter by treatment with said wetting fluid; and a receptacle enclosing at least the insertable part of the catheter, wherein the assembly presents a storage state in which the wetting fluid is kept separated from the hydrophyllic surface layer of the catheter, and an activation state in which the wetting fluid is brought into contact with said hydrophyllic surface layer before an intended use of the catheter, and wherein the wetting fluid, in the storage state, comprises at least one dissolved osmolality-increasing compound, wherein the total concentration of the dissolved osmolality-increasing compound(s) exceeds 600 mOsm/dm