Patent ID: 7615045

Claim:
Wetting apparatus for wetting a hydrophilic urinary catheter prior to use, said wetting apparatus comprising: a hydrophilic urinary catheter having an insertable length and having a hydrophilic outer surface on at least said insertable length; and a catheter package comprising a sealed elongated volume that contains said hydrophilic urinary catheter, said sealed elongated volume having at least one chamber that surrounds at least a portion of said insertable length of said hydrophilic urinary catheter; wherein: said at least one chamber comprises a first chamber containing a wetting fluid container having wetting fluid therein, said wetting fluid container opening upon application of a predetermined condition to enable said wetting fluid to discharge from said wetting fluid container to wet said insertable length of said hydrophilic urinary catheter; and said first chamber is defined by a restriction in said elongated volume.