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Publication Number
US-10814097-B2
Publication Date
2020-10-27
Expiration Date
Abstract
A packaged catheter equipped with a dispensing device and method of dispensing a packaged catheter using the dispensing device. The dispensing device is a pair of separately translatable movement control devices, each operably engaging the catheter for permitting unidirectional movement of the catheter in a first axial direction relative to the movement control devices.
Core Innovation
The invention is directed to a packaged catheter equipped with a dispensing device that includes packaging defining a product retention chamber and a catheter retained within the product retention chamber along a longitudinal axis. The dispensing device includes a pair of movement control devices that are separately translatable with respect to each other along the catheter, and each movement control device operably engages the catheter for permitting unidirectional movement of the catheter in a first axial direction relative to the movement control devices.
In one implementation, the dispensing device includes a handle grip that includes at least a hand graspable casing fixedly attached to one of the movement control devices and a finger actuable element reciprocally engaged to the casing and fixedly attached to the other movement control device. Reciprocation of the finger actuable element relative to the casing effects pulling apart and pushing together of the movement control devices along the longitudinal axis of the catheter to effect dispensing of the catheter from the packaging.
The movement control devices can include a main body with a passageway and laterally spaced engagement members, and a locking member hingedly attached for pivoting about a pivot axis and having an orifice there through. The catheter extends through and is frictionally engaged within the orifice so that translational movement of the catheter pivots the locking member between a first position in which the locking member contacts a second engagement member with a central axis of the orifice aligned to accommodate passage and a second position in which the central axis is misaligned to inhibit passage.
Claims Coverage
The document provides two independent claims for a packaged catheter with a dispensing device that enables unidirectional catheter movement along a catheter longitudinal axis using separately translatable movement control devices. The inventive coverage centers on the paired movement-control dispensing arrangement, the handle grip with a finger actuable reciprocating element, and the locking/orifice geometry that aligns or misaligns to permit or inhibit catheter passage.
Packaged catheter with unidirectional dispensing via separately translatable movement control devices
A packaged catheter equipped with a dispensing device comprising packaging defining a product retention chamber, a catheter defining a longitudinal axis retained within the product retention chamber, and a pair of movement control devices separately translatable with respect to each other along the catheter, each operably engaging the catheter for permitting unidirectional movement of the catheter in a first axial direction relative to the movement control devices.
Handle grip with finger actuable reciprocation effects dispensing by pulling apart and pushing together
A handle grip that includes a hand graspable casing fixedly attached to one of the movement control devices and a finger actuable element reciprocally engaged to the casing and fixedly attached to the other movement control device, wherein reciprocation effects pulling apart and pushing together of the movement control devices along the longitudinal axis to effect dispensing of the catheter from the packaging.
Locking member orifice aligned or misaligned to permit or inhibit catheter passage
Each movement control device comprises a main body with a passageway and laterally spaced engagement members, and a locking member hingedly attached for pivoting about a pivot axis and having an orifice there through, wherein the catheter extends through and is frictionally engaged within the orifice so that translational movement of the catheter pivots the locking member between a first position to accommodate passage and a second position to inhibit passage.
Overall, the claim coverage is anchored by a packaged catheter where a pair of movement control devices are separately translatable to permit unidirectional catheter movement along a longitudinal axis, with dispensing enabled by a handle grip using a finger-actuable reciprocating element. The detailed structural coverage further defines a main body passageway with engagement members and a hingedly pivoting locking member whose orifice alignment versus misalignment determines whether the catheter is permitted to pass through the port.
Stated Advantages
Simplified catheter dispensing relative to prior art.
Less cumbersome dispensing.
Dispensing is described as including for elderly/infirm.
Documented Applications
Intermittent urinary catheter use is explicitly stated for the packaged catheter.
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