Patent ID: 7717902

Claim:
A catheter for draining urine from the bladder of a user, comprising: a flexible tube which comprises a peripheral wall and which defines an insertion end, an insertion aid being integrally formed with the insertion end of the tube for guiding the tube through the urethra and into the bladder, said insertion aid having a rear portion adjacent the tube which has substantially the same outer diameter as the outer diameter of the tube, and a rounded head portion at a front end of the insertion aid having a diameter larger than the diameter of the tube and the rear portion, wherein at least a portion of the rear portion has a length that is greater than the diameter of the rounded head portion and has an outer diameter that is substantially the same as the outer diameter of the tube along its entire length, wherein the rounded head portion comprises a massive material having less firmness than the tube, and wherein said tube includes at least one orifice extending through the peripheral wall of the tube and spaced rearwardly behind the insertion aid so that the orifice does not pass through the rounded head portion or the rear portion of the insertion aid.