Patent ID: 6849070

Claim:
A catheter set comprising a catheter and a package for storing of the catheter before use and for collecting or discharging urine, said package including an elongated, narrow part forming a tube for accommodation of a proximal part of the catheter, and a broader container part, the proximal part of the catheter having an inner diameter and being adapted to be inserted into the urethra, said catheter including a sealing part providing a seal between the catheter and the elongated part of the package which prevents passage of urine through said tube except through said catheter inner diameter during use, and further including a distal part formed as a tubular section having an inner diameter at least as large as the inner diameter of the proximal part of the catheter, said sealing part separating the proximal part of the catheter and the tubular distal part, and a length of the tubular distal part being at least as long as a length of the elongated, narrow part of the package such that, in use, the tubular distal part is present within and extends through the length of said elongated, narrow part.