Patent ID: 8282624

Claim:
A catheter assembly allowing for non contaminated insertion of the catheter into a urinary canal, said assembly comprising: a urinary catheter defining a conduit and having a proximal end adapted for insertion into a urinary canal of an individual and an opposite distal end; a closed tubular catheter package defining a cavity, the urinary catheter retained in the cavity of the closed tubular catheter package, the closed tubular catheter package defining a catheter outlet formed in a proximal end thereof and including a cap closing the catheter outlet, the proximal end of the catheter movable through the catheter outlet of the catheter package when opened; and a sealing structure connected to the urinary catheter, the sealing structure adapted to slide relative to the tubular catheter package and provide a substantially liquid tight seal between the tubular catheter package and the urinary catheter while the catheter is being dismantled.