Patent ID: 6585721
Filing Date: 2003-07-01
Classification: A61M

Abstract:
A device for enveloping a catheter, said catheter having a proximal open end adapted for insertion into a urethra and a distal open end from which body fluids exit, said device comprising:a tubular, flexible membrane being a serial concatenation of a catheter-enveloping shroud section a conduit section and a collector section, the shroud section defining a first tubular portion sharing a virtual transverse boundary with a second portion, the first portion of the shroud section; an urethral catheter; at least two membranous leaves each having proximal and distal ends, said distal ends being circumferentially attached to an external surface of the shroud section, on its second portion and sufficiently distant from the transverse boundary to allow said leaves to be folded in an interleaved fashion over the catheter proximal open end.