Patent ID: 7306586

Claim:
An adaptor for use with a urinary catheter having a urine lumen extending between a bladder end and a discharge end, a normally closed valve associated with said urine lumen and having a downstream side communicating with said discharge end, the adaptor for holding the valve in an open state comprising: a fluid tube sized to sealingly engage said discharge end of said urinary catheter in fluid communication with said downstream side of said valve, and an internal diameter sized for urine to flow therethrough; a member associated with the fluid tube and having an external dimension sized to allow urine to flow therearound so as to flow into the fluid tube, the member adapted to engage said valve from said downstream side thereof when the fluid tube is in sealing engagement with said discharge end and to hold said valve open while the fluid tube is sealingly engaged with said discharge end such that urine is to pass through said valve and through the fluid tube; and a releasable clip including a portion being movable relative to the fluid tube, the clip being configured to selectively secure the fluid tube in said sealing engagement with said discharge end with movement of the movable clip portion relative to the fluid tube.