People suffering from neurogenic bladder disorders like spinal cord injury, spina bifida or multiple sclerosis, and non-neurogenic bladder disorders like obstruction due to prostate enlargement, urethral strictures or post-operative urinary retention, need to be continuously catheterized to empty their urinary bladders. However, continuous catheterization can lead to problems like urinary tract infections (UTI), urethral strictures or male infertility. Intermittent catheterization at regular intervals avoids many of the negative effects of continuous long term catheterization. There are four primary categories for intermittent catheters: (1) Bare Intermittents, (2) Hydrophilic Coated Intermittents, (3) Pre-Wetted Intermittents, and (4) Catheter in Bag or “Touchless” Intermittents.
Bare Intermittents require the use of an external lubrication method. These catheters are the least expensive and most commonly used. Typical materials include natural rubber (latex) (NRL), polyvinyl chloride (PVC) and silicone. The common lubrication method is a gel pack. The gel is either applied to the meatus of the urethra or the tip of the catheter itself. Hydrophilic Coated Intermittents have a lubricious coating applied typically to the first two-thirds of the shaft of the catheter and are activated by breaking a water sachet located inside the package prior to opening the package. When activated, the catheter is lubricious for insertion into the urethra. Potential issues with the Bare Intermittents and the Hydrophilic Coated Intermittents include the amount of mess they create (e.g., from the excess water from the water sachet and lubricant from the lubricant packs) and the time required for the user to complete the voiding process.
Pre-Wetted Intermittents may be packaged in a non-permeable package (e.g. foil, or rigid plastic) and suspended in water. Ideally, the catheters will stay wet over the length of their shelf life and may be much like hydrophilic coated intermittents that have been activated by water. Pre-Wetted Intermittents may have a lubricious coating in addition to being packaged in water. This can eliminate the process step of lubricating the catheter, but may still some mess to contend with (e.g., from the water stored in the package), and the coating may dry out over its shelf life making it unusable.
Catheter in Bag or “Touchless” Intermittents may include either a Bare Intermittent or Hydrophilic Coated Intermittent. There may be an insertion tip on an end of the bag with the distal end of the catheter captured in the insertion tip. Upon use, the user may advance the catheter out of the bag using the insertion tip to help guide the catheter into the urethra. The bag may be used for urine collection. However, use of a Touchless Catheter may be cumbersome and difficult.
The following are references relating to coatings: U.S. Pat. Nos. 6,673,053, 8,011,505, and U.S. Pat. No. 6,059,107, which are incorporated by reference herein in their entireties.
The urinary catheters described herein provide a novel type of intermittent catheter not currently available. The coating may exhibit hygroscopic characteristics, described herein as the characteristic or intention of the coating to not only retain the moisture inherent in the coating but also to attract moisture from the environment. The coating may exhibit hydrophilic characteristics. The coating described herein is an improved formulation that is applied in a wet state and stays wet for an extended period of time. Accordingly, the urinary catheters described herein do not require an additional lubricant or wetting component, such as a water sachet or gel package, to accompany the catheters in the containers. The urinary catheters described herein may be packaged individually in a discrete container, such as an opaque foil. These and other features of embodiments of the present invention will become more fully apparent from the following description and appended claims, or may be learned by the practice of embodiments of the invention as set forth hereinafter.
In one embodiment a urinary catheter may include a catheter shaft attached to a handle. The urinary catheter may also include a hygroscopic and/or hydrophilic coating disposed on an outer surface of the catheter shaft. The coating may include a hydrogel, glycerin or water, and a polyethylene glycol (PEG). In one embodiment, the hydrogel may be LUBRAJEL® RR CG hydrogel or LUBRAJEL® RR hydrogel, and the PEG may be one or both of PEG 300 and PEG 400. In embodiments described herein with respect to specific hydrogels (e.g., LUBRAJEL® RR CG hydrogel), other hydrogels (e.g., LUBRAJEL® RR hydrogel) are contemplated as being substituted for, or added to, the specified hydrogel. Likewise, in embodiments described herein with respect to specific polyethylene glycols (e.g., PEG 300), other polyethylene glycols are contemplated as being substituted for, or added to, the specified polyethylene glycol.
In one embodiment, a urinary catheter includes a catheter shaft attached to a handle, and a first coating disposed on an outer surface of the catheter shaft, the first coating including a hydrogel or polyacrylic acid (PAA), glycerin and/or water, and polyethylene glycol (PEG), the first coating exhibiting hygroscopic and/or hydrophilic characteristics. In one embodiment, the outer surface of the catheter shaft includes a second coating over which the first coating is disposed. In one embodiment, the second coating is a hydrophilic coating.
In one embodiment, the coating formulations described herein provide non-adhesion (or anti-blocking) toward the packaging material. In one embodiment, a catheter with the coating can be sterilized through electron beam (“e-beam”) sterilization or ethylene oxide (EtO) sterilization. In one embodiment, an additional ultraviolet (UV)-curable silicone film can be applied over a catheter with the coating described herein. The silicone film may restrict the coating on the catheter. In one embodiment, the film may be moved, e.g., toward the catheter handle, thereby acting as a touchless layer while maintaining the lubricity of the catheter. In one embodiment, the UV-curable silicone film is disposed on the coating via an UV curing process.
In one embodiment of the packaged urinary catheter, a coating formulation (e.g., a formulation for a base coating and/or outer coating) for the catheter may include LUBRAJEL® RR CG hydrogel in a range of 15 wt % to 35 wt %, water in a range of 10 wt % to 45 wt %, and PEG in a range of 20 wt % to 75 wt %. In one embodiment, a coating formulation may include LUBRAJEL® RR CG hydrogel in a range of 20 wt % to 30 wt %, water in a range of 20 wt % to 30 wt %, and PEG 400 in a range of 40 wt % to 60 wt %. In one embodiment, the coating formulation may include LUBRAJEL® RR CG hydrogel in a range of 22 wt % to 26 wt %, water 25 wt %, and PEG 400 in a range of 49 wt % to 53 wt %. In one embodiment the coating formulation may include LUBRAJEL® RR CG hydrogel at 23.5 wt %, water at 25 wt %, and PEG 400 at 51.5 wt %. In one embodiment, a coating formulation may include LUBRAJEL® RR CG hydrogel in a range of 20 wt % to 30 wt %, glycerin in a range of 20 wt % to 30 wt %, and PEG 400 in a range of 40 wt % to 60 wt %. In one embodiment, the coating formulation may include LUBRAJEL® RR CG hydrogel in a range of 20 wt % to 30 wt %, glycerin in a range of 40 wt % to 60 wt %, and PEG 300 in a range of 20 wt % to 30 wt %. In one embodiment, the coating formulation may include LUBRAJEL® RR CG hydrogel in a range of 10 wt % to 35 wt %, glycerin in a range of 25 wt % to 75 wt %, PEG 300 in a range of 25 wt % to 65 wt %, and PEG 400 in a range of 25 wt % to 50 wt %. In one embodiment, a coating formulation may include LUBRAJEL® RR CG hydrogel in a range of 20 wt % to 30 wt %, glycerin in a range of 40 wt % to 60 wt %, propylene glycol (PEG) in a range of 10 wt % to 15 wt %, and ethanol (anhydrous) in a range of 10 wt % to 15 wt %. In one embodiment, the LUBRAJEL® RR CG hydrogel is 50 wt %, the glycerin is 25 wt %, and both the PEG and ethanol are 12.5 wt %.
In one embodiment, a coating formulation may include LUBRAJEL® RR hydrogel in a range of 15 wt % to 35 wt %, glycerin in a range of 15 wt % to 30 wt %, and PEG 400 in a range of 35 wt % to 70 wt %. In one embodiment, the coating formulation may include LUBRAJEL® RR hydrogel at 25 wt %, glycerin at 25 wt %, and both PEG 300 and PEG 400 at 25 wt %. In one embodiment, the coating formulation may include LUBRAJEL® RR hydrogel at 40 wt %, glycerin at 15 wt %, PEG 300 at 15 wt %, and PEG 400 at 30 wt %. In one embodiment, a coating formulation may include LUBRAJEL® RR in a range of 20 wt % to 30 wt %, water in a range of 20 wt % to 30 wt %, and PEG 400 in a range of 40 wt % to 60 wt %.
In one embodiment, a coating formulation may include polyacrylic acid (PAA) in a range of 0.2 wt % to 3 wt %, glycerin in a range of 15 wt % to 25 wt %, water in a range of 20 wt % to 30 wt %, and PEG 400 in a range of 40 wt % to 60 wt %. In one embodiment, a coating formulation may include PAA in a range of 0.1 wt % to 2.5 wt %, water in a range of 10 wt % to 45 wt % and PEG, such as PEG 300 and/or PEG 400, in a range of 20 wt % to 65 wt %.
In one embodiment, a silicone film may be formed over a coating on a catheter. In one embodiment, a method of forming a catheter with a coating includes dipping a coated catheter, such as a hydrophilic coated catheter, into a solution containing any of the coating formulations herein, such as a coating formulation including PAA, water, and PEG or a coating formulation including hydrogel, glycerin and/or water, and PEG, then dipping the twice-coated catheter into a UV curable solution, then exposing the coated areas to a UV source, and then directly placing the catheter into a package. In one embodiment, the hydrophilic coated catheter is dipped into a PAA/water/PEG solution for a dwell time in a range of 0.1 seconds to 10 seconds. In one embodiment, after the catheter is dipped into the PAA/water/PEG solution, it is dipped into a silicone solution with UV curable agents several times to achieve a desired film thickness. In one embodiment, the desired thickness is 0.001 in. to 0.004 in. In one embodiment, the catheter is dipped into the silicone solution with UV curable agents 2 to 6 times. In one embodiment, after being dipped into the silicone solution with UV curable agents, the catheter is exposed to a UV source, such as a UV light, in a time range of 0.3 min to 2.0 min. In one embodiment, following the exposure to the UV source, the catheter is placed directly into a film, foil, and/or Tyvek package without a further drying process.
In one embodiment, a method of making a urinary catheter includes applying a first coating to a catheter shaft, the first coating comprising a hydrogel or polyacrylic acid (PAA), glycerin and/or water, and polyethylene glycol (PEG) to form a coated catheter, and placing the coated catheter into a package comprising a gas impermeable foil material. In one embodiment, the catheter shaft includes a base hydrophilic coating, and the first coating is applied over the base hydrophilic coating. In one embodiment, the applying includes dipping the catheter shaft with the base hydrophilic coating into a solution containing a formulation of the first coating. In one embodiment, the first coating formulation comprises only the PAA, the water, and the PEG, further comprising dipping the coated catheter into a silicone solution including ultraviolet (UV) curable agents to form a silicone film over the first coating. In one embodiment, the method includes exposing the silicone film to a UV light source for a period of time to cure the silicone solution.
In one embodiment, the urinary catheter may include an eyelet or a plurality of staggered, opposing eyelets (e.g., 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, or more eyelets) proximal to a catheter tip, the eyelets may be arranged in a variety of ways, including circumferentially positioned 90 degrees apart and positioned in a non-overlapping configuration. In one embodiment, the urinary catheter shaft includes a funnel shaped proximal end and ridges configured to facilitate gripping. In one embodiment, the urinary catheter may have a coating that exhibits hygroscopic characteristics. In another embodiment, the urinary catheter may have a coating that exhibits hydrophilic characteristics.
In one embodiment, a packaged urinary catheter may include a container and a urinary catheter. The urinary catheter may include a catheter shaft attached to a handle and a coating disposed on an outer surface of the catheter shaft. In one embodiment, the coating may include a hydrogel, glycerin or water, and PEG, such as one or both of PEG 300 and PEG 400. In one embodiment, the coating may include PAA, glycerin, water, and PEG, such as PEG 300 and/or PEG 400. In one embodiment, the coating may include PAA, water, and PEG, such as PEG 300 and/or PEG 400.
In one embodiment of the packaged urinary catheter, the container may include a gas impermeable foil material. In one embodiment of the packaged urinary catheter, the container may include an adhesive tab covering a perforated section of the foil material, the adhesive tab may include a pull loop. In one embodiment, the container may include a water sachet, gel package, or other type of lubricant therein. In one embodiment, the container may include a moisture source (in contact or separated from the catheter) from which a hygroscopic coating and/or a hydrophilic coating on the urinary catheter may absorb or obtain moisture. In one embodiment of the packaged urinary catheter, the container does not include any water sachet, gel package, or other type of lubricant or moisture source therein.
In one embodiment, a method of catheterizing may include obtaining a urinary catheter that may include a handle and a catheter shaft. The catheter shaft may include a hydrophilic coating and/or a hygroscopic coating on an outer surface thereof. In one embodiment, the coating may include a coating formulation described herein. The method may further include inserting the urinary catheter into a bladder. In one embodiment, the method of catheterizing may include obtaining the urinary catheter from a container in which the urinary catheter has been stored. In one embodiment, the method of catheterizing does not include application of a lubricant or water to the catheter shaft at any time prior to insertion into the bladder, including while in the package.
The disclosed systems and methods can be better understood with reference to the following drawings. The components in the drawings are not necessarily to scale. It is appreciated that these drawings depict only typical embodiments of the invention and are therefore not to be considered limiting of its scope. Example embodiments of the invention will be described and explained with additional specificity and detail through the use of the accompanying drawings in which:
While the invention is susceptible to various modifications and alternative forms, specific embodiments thereof have been shown by way of example in the drawings and are herein described in detail. It should be understood, however, that the description herein of specific embodiments is not intended to limit the invention to the particular forms disclosed, but rather the intention is to cover all modifications, equivalents, and alternatives falling within the spirit and scope of the invention as defined by the appended claims.
The following description and accompanying figures, which describe and show certain embodiments, are made to demonstrate, in a non-limiting manner, several possible configurations of a catheter according to various aspects and features of the present disclosure. While the description herein, by way of example, is focused primarily on a description of a urinary catheter and associated methods, the inventions described herein are not so limited and the concepts may be applied to other types of catheters and devices.
The urinary catheter described herein is ready to use immediately when the container is opened, and may be inserted by the patient or patient's caregiver in a homecare setting, managed care/assisted living setting, or in hospitals. Within the homecare setting, the catheter can be used in a range of restroom and non-restroom environments.
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In one embodiment, the catheter 100 includes a hygroscopic coating 156 (e.g. a top or outer pre-hydrated coating). In one embodiment, the catheter 100 includes a hygroscopic coating 156 including a hydrogel, glycerin, water, and a polyethylene gylcol (PEG) with a molecular weight equal to or less than 600, for example one or more of polyethylene glycol (PEG) 300 and PEG 400. In one embodiment, the hydrogel is a LUBRAJEL® hydrogel. For coating embodiments described herein, the type of LUBRAJEL® hydrogel may be LUBRAJEL® RR CG hydrogel, having an INCI name of Glycerin (and) Glyceryl Acrylate/Acrylic Acid Copolymer (and) Propylene Glycol. For coating embodiments described herein, the type of LUBRAJEL® hydrogel may be LUBRAJEL® RR hydrogel. In one embodiment, the catheter includes a coating including a hydrogel (e.g., LUBRAJEL® hydrogel), glycerin, propylene glycol (PEG), and ethanol. In one embodiment, the catheter includes a coating including a hydrogel (e.g., LUBRAJEL® hydrogel), glycerin or water, and propylene glycol (PEG), such as PEG 300 and/or PEG 400. In one embodiment, the catheter may be sold and packaged in sizes ranging in diameter from 8 Fr to 24 Fr (e.g., 8 Fr, 10 Fr, 12 Fr, 14 Fr, 16 Fr, 18 Fr, 20 Fr, 22 Fr, 24 Fr) with a length L of greater than 155 mm and intended for female use. However, other sizes of catheters may also be used. In other embodiments, the catheter may be sold and packaged in various sizes for male use.
In one embodiment, the base coating 154 and/or the outer coating 156 may be applied to the catheter shaft by a method involving either dipping, brushing, spraying or extruding. It is appreciated that other methods of applying one or both of the coatings to the catheter may be utilized and fall within the scope of the present disclosure. In one embodiment, the catheter shaft may be dipped into a volume of coating formulation. In one embodiment, the components of the coating formulation are mixed together, then the catheter shaft dipped into the volume thereof. For example, the hydrophilic coating or outer coating may be produced by mixing LUBRAJEL® with water and PEG for between 1.5 to 4.0 hours. The catheter (with or without a base coating) may be dipped into the coating solution and left to dwell for between 0.1-10 seconds. The catheter may then be removed from the coating solution and directly placed into packaging without any further drying process.
In one embodiment, the eyelets are punched into the catheter prior to dipping into one or more coating formulations to form a coating (e.g., a base coating and/or outer coating) such that both interior and exterior of the catheter is coated, i.e., at least a portion of the outer surface of the catheter shaft and at least a portion of the inner wall defining the lumen 150 of the catheter shaft are coated with the coating formulation. In other embodiments, one or more coating formulations may be brushed onto an outer surface of the catheter shaft (e.g., doctor blade method). In one embodiment, the coating (e.g., the base coating and/or the outer coating) is only on the catheter shaft (either the entire catheter shaft or a distal portion thereof), not on the handle. The coating described herein provides the urinary catheter with a coefficient of friction (COF) in the range of 0.03 to 0.15.
In one embodiment, a coating formulation (e.g., a formulation for a base coating and/or outer coating) for the catheter may include LUBRAJEL® RR CG hydrogel in a range of 15 wt % to 35 wt %, water in a range of 10 wt % to 45 wt %, and PEG in a range of 20 wt % to 75 wt %. In one embodiment, a coating formulation may include LUBRAJEL® RR CG hydrogel in a range of 15 wt % to 35 wt %, water in a range of 2 wt % to 45 wt %, and PEG in a range of 20 wt % to 75 wt %. In one embodiment, a coating formulation may include LUBRAJEL® RR CG hydrogel in a range of 20 wt % to 30 wt %, water in a range of 20 wt % to 30 wt %, and PEG 400 in a range of 40 wt % to 60 wt %. In one embodiment, the coating formulation may include LUBRAJEL® RR CG hydrogel in a range of 22 wt % to 26 wt %, water 25 wt %, and PEG 400 in a range of 49 wt % to 53 wt %. In one embodiment the coating formulation may include LUBRAJEL® RR CG hydrogel at 23.5 wt %, water at 25 wt %, and PEG 400 at 51.5 wt %. In one embodiment, a coating formulation may include LUBRAJEL® RR CG hydrogel in a range of 20 wt % to 30 wt %, glycerin in a range of 20 wt % to 30 wt %, and PEG 400 in a range of 40 wt % to 60 wt %. In one embodiment, the coating formulation may include LUBRAJEL® RR CG hydrogel in a range of 20 wt % to 30 wt %, glycerin in a range of 40 wt % to 60 wt %, and PEG 300 in a range of 20 wt % to 30 wt %. In one embodiment, the coating formulation may include LUBRAJEL® RR CG hydrogel in a range of 10 wt % to 35 wt %, glycerin in a range of 25 wt % to 75 wt %, PEG 300 in a range of 25 wt % to 65 wt %, and PEG 400 in a range of 25 wt % to 50 wt %. In one embodiment, a coating formulation may include LUBRAJEL® RR CG hydrogel in a range of 20 wt % to 30 wt %, glycerin in a range of 40 wt % to 60 wt %, propylene glycol (PEG) in a range of 10 wt % to 15 wt %, and ethanol (anhydrous) in a range of 10 wt % to 15 wt %. In one embodiment, the LUBRAJEL® RR CG hydrogel is 50 wt %, the glycerin is 25 wt %, and both the PEG and ethanol are 12.5 wt %.
In one embodiment, a coating formulation may include LUBRAJEL® RR hydrogel in a range of 15 wt % to 35 wt %, glycerin in a range of 15 wt % to 30 wt %, and PEG 400 in a range of 35 wt % to 70 wt %. In one embodiment, the coating formulation may include LUBRAJEL® RR hydrogel at 25 wt %, glycerin at 25 wt %, and both PEG 300 and PEG 400 at 25 wt %. In one embodiment, the coating formulation may include LUBRAJEL® RR hydrogel at 40 wt %, glycerin at 15 wt %, PEG 300 at 15 wt %, and PEG 400 at 30 wt %. In one embodiment, a coating formulation may include LUBRAJEL® RR in a range of 20 wt % to 30 wt %, water in a range of 20 wt % to 30 wt %, and PEG 400 in a range of 40 wt % to 60 wt %.
In one embodiment, a coating formulation may include polyacrylic acid (PAA) in a range of 0.2 wt % to 3 wt %, glycerin in a range of 15 wt % to 25 wt %, water in a range of 20 wt % to 30 wt %, and PEG 400 in a range of 40 wt % to 60 wt %. In one embodiment, a coating formulation may include PAA in a range of 0.1 wt % to 2.5 wt %, water in a range of 10 wt % to 45 wt % and PEG, such as PEG 300 and/or PEG 400, in a range of 20 wt % to 65 wt %.
In one embodiment, a silicone film may be formed over a coating on a catheter. In one embodiment, a method of forming a catheter with a coating includes dipping a coated catheter, such as a hydrophilic coated catheter, into a solution containing any of the coating formulations herein, such as a coating formulation including PAA, water, and PEG or a coating formulation including hydrogel, glycerin and/or water, and PEG, then dipping the twice-coated catheter into a UV curable solution, then exposing the coated areas to a UV source, and then directly placing the catheter into a package. In one embodiment, the hydrophilic coated catheter is dipped into a PAA/water/PEG solution for a dwell time in a range of 0.1 seconds to 10 seconds. In one embodiment, after the catheter is dipped into the PAA/water/PEG solution, it is dipped into a silicone solution with UV curable agents several times to achieve a desired film thickness. In one embodiment, the desired thickness is 0.001 in. to 0.004 in. In one embodiment, the catheter is dipped into the silicone solution with UV curable agents 2 to 6 times. In one embodiment, after being dipped into the silicone solution with UV curable agents, the catheter is exposed to a UV source, such as a UV light, in a time range of 0.3 min to 2.0 min. In one embodiment, following the exposure to the UV source, the catheter is placed directly into a film, foil, and/or Tyvek package without a further drying process. The silicone with UV curable agents, after curing forms a film that covers the coating on the catheter and can be moved when the catheter is ready for insertion. This acts to facilitate insertion without touching the lubricious coating while maintaining the lubricity of the coating on the catheter.
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In one embodiment, this arrangement may be similar to a packaging such as might be used on a candy bar, with overlapping edges forming a seam along the back and seams at the edges. The overlapping edges may be folded to one side or the other. The packaging material may present a smooth front. The front of the container may include a sealed opening 220, covered by an adhesive tab 222 (
The adhesive tab may include a pull loop 226 to facilitate opening of the container 210, which after opening (
While the invention has been described in terms of particular variations and illustrative figures, those of ordinary skill in the art will recognize that the invention is not limited to the variations or figures described. Those of ordinary skill in the art will recognize that the invention is not limited to the application of catheters but may be applied to any device that requires similar lubrication. In addition, where methods and steps described above indicate certain events occurring in a certain order, those of ordinary skill in the art will recognize that the ordering of certain steps may be modified and that such modifications are in accordance with the variations of the invention. Additionally, certain of the steps may be performed concurrently in a parallel process when possible, as well as performed sequentially as described above. Further, the features described in one embodiment may generally be combined with features described in other embodiments. Therefore, to the extent there are variations of the invention, which are within the spirit of the disclosure or equivalent to the inventions found in the claims, it is the intent that this patent will cover those variations as well.
This application is a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 15/506,723, a U.S. national stage application under 35 U.S.C. § 371 of International Application No. PCT/US2015/047026, filed Aug. 26, 2015, now U.S. Pat. No. 10,857,324, which claims the benefit of priority to U.S. Provisional Application No. 62/042,125, filed Aug. 26, 2014, each of which is incorporated by reference in its entirety into this application.
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