CATHETER ASSEMBLY WITH EASY ATTACHMENT FOR TUBE OR BAG Russian patent published in 2018 - IPC A61M25/00 A61M25/01 A61M39/22 

FIELD: medicine.

SUBSTANCE: invention relates to a medical equipment, in particular to a catheter assembly and to a urinary catheter assembly for draining the bladder for intermittent as well as indwelling or permanent catheterisation, that can be stored in a compact configuration. Catheter assembly has at least three configurations: a storage configuration, a coupling configuration and a use configuration. Assembly comprises a package and a catheter. Package has a container defining a first cavity for receiving the catheter in the storage configuration and in the coupling configuration. Catheter has a handle detachably attached to the container. Handle is telescopically connected to the catheter and provided with a second cavity, so that the handle in the storage configuration is configured to receive a distal end of the catheter and to receive a connector to a bag or tube in the coupling and in the use configuration. Catheter is provided with a valve in the distal end. Valve is configured to cooperate with means functioning as a stop in the handle so that the valve remains closed in the storage configuration and in the coupling configuration, and opens, when the catheter assembly is brought from the coupling configuration to the use configuration.

EFFECT: this assembly allows the user to prepare the assembly completely, including connecting a collecting bag or tube to the assembly, and still keep the catheter sterilely stored, only when the user is ready, the sterile seal to the catheter is broken and the catheter can be removed from the package and used.

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