Patent ID: 7087043

Claim:
An external urinary catheter comprising a housing sized to fit over a penis, said housing having a main portion, and a circumferential flange at a lower end of the main portion, a tubing fitting extending through a wall of the main portion, a removable base having an inside diameter greater than a diameter of the penis and comprising a ring-shaped element having a first external circumferential groove, a first, elastic, flaccid sleeve having a relaxed diameter less than that of the penis and substantially less than said inside diameter and seated in said first groove, and; means for retaining the base within the lower end of the main portion of the housing, wherein the base further has a second external circumferential groove, and the catheter further comprises a second elastic, flexible sleeve seated in said second groove, said second sleeve being shorter than the first sleeve, for sealing around the base of the penis, to provide redundant sealing.