Patent ID: 9205222
Filing Date: 2015-12-08
Classification: A45C,A61B,A61M,B65D

Abstract:
1. An intermittent urinary catheter assembly comprising: an intermittent urinary catheter comprising a catheter tube having a proximal end and a distal end, where the proximal end comprises a catheter tip and the distal end comprises a catheter connector; and a catheter package, with the intermittent urinary catheter disposed in the catheter package, wherein the catheter package is a tube having an outside diameter and a tube circumference, with the catheter package having a proximal end portion with a circular cross-sectional shape sized to retain the catheter tube and a distal end portion with a non-circular cross-sectional shape sized to retain the catheter connector; wherein the catheter package is provided with an opening formed through more than half of the tube circumference of a wall of the tube, with the opening located between the proximal end and the catheter connector of the intermittent urinary catheter; wherein a remaining portion of the wall of the tube at the opening provides the catheter package with a bi-stable fold region configured to allow the catheter package to provide a stable folded open position.