Patent ID: 7959611

Claim:
A urinary catheter immobilizer for immobilizing movement of a urinary catheter in a human body, the urinary catheter immobilizer comprising: a funnel-shaped member having a first end portion and a second end portion, wherein the first end portion is capable of being received over a urinary meatus of a human body, the funnel-shaped member comprising an oblong slit extending from the first end portion to the second end portion; and a body member of the immobilizer configured to be received over the second end portion of the funnel-shaped member of the immobilizer, the body member of the immobilizer capable of removably attaching to an external portion of the urinary catheter proximate to the urinary meatus of the human body, the body member of the immobilizer comprising, a torus-shaped structure having an inner circumferential surface and an outer circumferential surface, the torus-shaped structure comprising a slit configuring a first sidewall and a second sidewall, the inner circumferential surface configuring a cavity for receiving the external portion of the urinary catheter and the outer circumferential surface comprising at least one channel, and at least one elongated tubular structure extending from the outer circumferential surface of the torus-shaped structure, the at least one elongated tubular structure adapted to be received in the at least one channel for looping around the torus-shaped structure for securing the body member of the immobilizer onto the external portion of the urinary catheter.