Patents by Inventor Adam J. Foley
Adam J. Foley has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Publication number: 20200316287Abstract: A trans anal irrigation device that can be used on a bed. The device includes a rectal catheter connected to an irrigation fluid supply. A waste collection bag is also connected to the catheter. The catheter may be insertable in a seat attached to a fluid supply line. A valve in one of the catheter or seat selectably allows or prevents fluid communication between the catheter and a waste collection bag. The catheter may include an inflationless cuff made of a flexible material that permits it to be inserted in the rectum to prevent leakage around the exterior of the catheter.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 26, 2020Publication date: October 8, 2020Inventors: Adam J. Foley, Stephen Collum, Denise Gamblin, William K. Arnold, Ruchi Seth, Jerome A. Henry, Malford E. Cullum, George J. Cisko
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Patent number: 10765796Abstract: A trans anal irrigation device that can be used on a bed. The device includes a rectal catheter connected to an irrigation fluid supply. A waste collection bag is also connected to the catheter. The catheter may be insertable in a seat attached to a fluid supply line. A valve in one of the catheter or seat selectably allows or prevents fluid communication between the catheter and a waste collection bag. The catheter may include an inflationless cuff made of a flexible material that permits it to be inserted in the rectum to prevent leakage around the exterior of the catheter.Type: GrantFiled: July 7, 2015Date of Patent: September 8, 2020Assignee: Hollister IncorporatedInventors: Adam J. Foley, Stephen Collum, Denise Gamblin, William K. Arnold, Ruchi Seth, Jerome A. Henry, Malford E. Cullum, George J. Cisko
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Patent number: 10737013Abstract: A portable trans anal irrigation device has a hand-held water management unit removably connectable to an irrigation arm. The water management unit includes a water cartridge and a controller. The irrigation arm has a cone head for interfacing with the user's body.Type: GrantFiled: July 7, 2015Date of Patent: August 11, 2020Assignee: Hollister IncorporatedInventors: Adam J. Foley, Stephen Collum, Denise Gamblin, William K. Arnold, Ruchi Seth, Jerome A. Henry
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Publication number: 20200155796Abstract: A catheter package includes an elongated case. A cap is attached to the case by a flexible strap. The case receives the tubing portion of a catheter. The catheter has a funnel attached to the tubing. The funnel has a seal portion releasably engageable with the case. The cap is releasably engageable with the funnel to retain the funnel in contact with the case. A user can flip the cap off the funnel to permit removal of the catheter from the case. The funnel may include ridges or a tactile ring to improve the user's grip on the funnel. An adaptor may be disposed between the funnel and case to allow mating of different cross sectional shapes of the funnel and case. A hydration device may be inserted in the case. Alternately, a tubular liner may be inserted in the case to separate liquid water on the outside of the liner from the catheter tubing on the inside of the liner. A window in the liner mounts a patch of filter material that permits the passage of water vapor into the interior of the liner.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 27, 2020Publication date: May 21, 2020Inventors: David Hannon, Martin McMenamin, Adam J. Foley, Padraig M. O'Flynn, Stephen Collum, Enda F. Carter, Paul C. Fletter, Marine V. Richard, Daniel E. O'Brien, Vincent Naughton
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Patent number: 10561817Abstract: A catheter package includes an elongated case (210). A cap (218) is attached to the case by a flexible strap (214). The case receives the tubing portion of a catheter. The catheter has a funnel (224) attached to the tubing. The funnel has a seal portion releasably engageable with the case. The cap is releasably engageable with the funnel to retain the funnel in contact with the case. A user can flip the cap off the funnel to permit removal of the catheter from the case. A hydration device may be inserted in the case. Alternately, a tubular liner may be inserted in the case to separate liquid water on the outside of the liner from the catheter tubing on the inside of the liner. A window in the liner mounts a patch of filter material that permits the passage of water vapor into the interior of the liner.Type: GrantFiled: May 29, 2015Date of Patent: February 18, 2020Assignee: Hollister IncorporatedInventors: David Hannon, Martin McMenamin, Adam J. Foley, Padraig M. O'Flynn, Stephen Collum, Enda F. Carter, Paul C. Fletter, Marine V. Richard, Daniel E. O'Brien, Vincent Naughton
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Publication number: 20200001043Abstract: An intermittent urinary catheter assembly (20) comprises a catheter tube (22) having a proximal insertion end (24) and a distal end (26) remote from the proximal insertion end and a lumen (28) which extends from at or near the proximal insertion end to the distal end for draining urine from a human bladder. The intermittent urinary catheter assembly includes a urine discharge sleeve (34) associated with the discharge opening (30) of the catheter tube, and the urine discharge sleeve has a compact stowed configuration and is extendable into a deployed configuration for directing urine flow. Alternatively, an adapter assembly (50?) comprises a fitting or nipple (52?) having a urine passageway for insertion into a funnel (40?) associated with a urine discharge end of an intermittent urinary catheter, and a discharge funnel (42?) associated with the fitting or nipple, and an extendable urine discharge sleeve (34?) within the discharge funnel.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 13, 2019Publication date: January 2, 2020Inventors: Brendan J. Heneghan, David Hannon, Jerome A. Henry, Michael G. Murray, Adam J. Foley
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Publication number: 20190381273Abstract: A catheter and package combination including a package having opposed front and rear panels that are sealed together to define a sealed interior cavity. The package also has top and bottom edges and opposed side edges. The cavity has a first height extending in a direction between the top and bottom edges. The front and rear panels are configured to tear adjacent to one of the side edges in the direction between the top and bottom edges to form an opening in communication with the cavity wherein the opening has a second height in the direction between the top and bottom edges that is smaller than the first height of the cavity. A urinary catheter in a compact configuration is disposed within the cavity.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 28, 2019Publication date: December 19, 2019Inventors: Barbara J. Kearns, Adam J. Foley, David L. Doerschner, Robert A. Greynolds, Jerome A. Henry, Thomas Renehan, Horacio Montes de Oca Balderas, Shane O'Malley, Martin McMenamin, Michael G. Murray, Brendan J. Heneghan
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Publication number: 20190381276Abstract: A flushable catheter assembly includes a catheter shaft having proximal and distal end portions. The catheter may include a funnel assembly associated with the distal end portion of the catheter shaft and/or an introducer cap assembly associated with the proximal end portion of the catheter shaft. A groove is defined along at least a portion of an outer perimeter of the funnel assembly or introducer cap assembly, with the groove being configured to receive at least a portion of the catheter shaft for wrapping the catheter shaft around the outer perimeter when disposing of the catheter. Instead of (or in addition to) a groove, one or more channels may pass through the funnel assembly to receive a portion of the catheter shaft for securing the catheter shaft to the funnel assembly for disposal. The catheter assembly and/or its individual components may be formed of a water disintegrable material.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 28, 2019Publication date: December 19, 2019Inventors: Adam J. Foley, John T. Clarke
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Patent number: 10493231Abstract: A catheter assembly including curved urinary catheter and a similarly curved housing for holding and carrying the same are disclosed. A catheter subassembly may be removed from the housing and mounted onto the handle to provide the catheter assembly in an extended deployed condition. The insertable portion of the catheter is curved in a way that compliments the curvature of the female urethra.Type: GrantFiled: September 16, 2015Date of Patent: December 3, 2019Assignee: Hollister IncorporatedInventors: Martin McMenamin, Marine Veronique Germaine Richard, Adam J. Foley
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Patent number: 10463833Abstract: A flushable catheter configured to facilitate flushing of the catheter down the toilet and for disposal thereof. The flushable catheter optionally having a selected density such that the catheter has a desired buoyancy relative to water. Alternatively or in addition to having a selected density, the flushable catheter optionally includes a water capture element that is contacted by flushing water and captures the force of the flushing water to propel the catheter down the toilet and/or across a trapway/U-bend sewer pipe.Type: GrantFiled: December 10, 2014Date of Patent: November 5, 2019Assignee: Hollister IncorporatedInventors: John T. Clarke, Jerome A. Henry, Adam J. Foley, Horacio Montes de Oca Balderas, Shamsedin Rostami, Enda F. Carter, Martin McMenamin, John F. Hannan, Brendan J. Heneghan, Padraig M. O'Flynn, Michael G. Murray, Richard Meaney
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Publication number: 20190321587Abstract: Urinary catheter assemblies (10) with pre-attached urine collection containers (14) are disclosed, The urine collection container is spaced from the catheter tube (12) by a connector (16, 16?, 16?) to allow for easier manipulation of the catheter tube without interference of the collection container.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 17, 2017Publication date: October 24, 2019Inventors: Martin McMenamin, Paul C. Fletter, Adam J. Foley
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Patent number: 10449329Abstract: An intermittent urinary catheter assembly (20) comprises a catheter tube (22) having a proximal insertion end (24) and a distal end (26) remote from the proximal insertion end and a lumen (28) which extends from at or near the proximal insertion end to the distal end for draining urine from a human bladder. The intermittent urinary catheter assembly includes a urine discharge sleeve (34) associated with the discharge opening (30) of the catheter tube, and the urine discharge sleeve has a compact stowed configuration and is extendable into a deployed configuration for directing urine flow. Alternatively, an adapter assembly (50?) comprises a fitting or nipple (52?) having a urine passageway for insertion into a funnel (40?) associated with a urine discharge end of an intermittent urinary catheter, and a discharge funnel (42?) associated with the fitting or nipple, and an extendable urine discharge sleeve (34?) within the discharge funnel.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2013Date of Patent: October 22, 2019Assignee: Hollister IncorporatedInventors: Adam J. Foley, Brendan J. Heneghan, David Hannon, Jerome A. Henry, Michael G. Murray
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Patent number: 10434282Abstract: A catheter and package combination including a package having opposed front and rear panels that are sealed together to define a sealed interior cavity. The package also has top and bottom edges and opposed side edges. The cavity has a first height extending in a direction between the top and bottom edges. The front and rear panels are configured to tear adjacent to one of the side edges in the direction between the top and bottom edges to form an opening in communication with the cavity wherein the opening has a second height in the direction between the top and bottom edges that is smaller than the first height of the cavity. A urinary catheter in a compact configuration is disposed within the cavity.Type: GrantFiled: April 11, 2017Date of Patent: October 8, 2019Assignee: Hollister IncorporatedInventors: Barbara J. Kearns, Adam J. Foley, David L. Doerschner, Robert A. Greynolds, Jerome A. Henry, Thomas Renehan, Horacio Montes De Oca Balderas, Shane O'Malley, Martin McMenamin, Michael G. Murray, Brendan J. Heneghan
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Patent number: 10426918Abstract: A flushable catheter assembly includes a catheter shaft having proximal and distal end portions. The catheter may include a funnel assembly associated with the distal end portion of the catheter shaft and/or an introducer cap assembly associated with the proximal end portion of the catheter shaft. A groove is defined along at least a portion of an outer perimeter of the funnel assembly or introducer cap assembly, with the groove being configured to receive at least a portion of the catheter shaft for wrapping the catheter shaft around the outer perimeter when disposing of the catheter. Instead of (or in addition to) a groove, one or more channels may pass through the funnel assembly to receive a portion of the catheter shaft for securing the catheter shaft to the funnel assembly for disposal. The catheter assembly and/or its individual components may be formed of a water disintegrable material.Type: GrantFiled: December 10, 2014Date of Patent: October 1, 2019Assignee: Hollister IncorporatedInventors: Adam J. Foley, John T. Clarke
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Publication number: 20190290806Abstract: Hygienic Hydrophilic coatings, hydrophilic coating formulations and wetting fluids that include an anti-infective agent.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 13, 2017Publication date: September 26, 2019Inventors: David J. Farrell, John P. O'Mahony, James J. Fitzpatrick, Padraig M. O'Flynn, Paul C. Fletter, William K. Arnold, John T. Clarke, Adam J. Foley, Malford E. Cullum
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Patent number: 10420859Abstract: A flushable catheter assembly that includes at least one shrinkable portion that shrinks from a first configuration to a second compact configuration to reduce the size of the catheter assembly for passage through the sewer system. The flushable catheter may also be made from a water disintegratable polymer that dissolves, degrades or hydrolyzes while within the sewer system.Type: GrantFiled: December 10, 2014Date of Patent: September 24, 2019Assignee: Hollister IncorporatedInventors: Shamsedin Rostami, Adam J. Foley, John T. Clarke, Horacio Montes de Oca Balderas, Enda F. Carter, Jerome A. Henry
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Patent number: 10406322Abstract: A catheter assembly includes a protective tip defining an interior chamber between its proximal and distal ends. A protective lubricious sleeve is positioned within the interior chamber. A catheter of the assembly is configured to be advanced proximally into and through the interior chamber to position at least a portion of the catheter within the protective sleeve, with the protective sleeve being retained upon the catheter as at least a proximal portion of the catheter exits the proximal end of the protective tip and is advanced through a body lumen. A second sleeve may be associated with the protective tip and configured to extend distally from the protective tip to remain outside of the body lumen during use and receive a more distal portion of the catheter.Type: GrantFiled: January 8, 2015Date of Patent: September 10, 2019Assignee: Hollister IncorporatedInventors: Padraig M. O'Flynn, Martin T. Moran, Adam J. Foley, James J. Fitzpatrick
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Publication number: 20190117876Abstract: A trans-anal irrigation (TAI) system adapted for self-use includes an irrigation head supplied with water from a reservoir by a pump or by gravity feed. The irrigation head has either internal or external structures for releasably retaining the head in a user's rectum during the water flow portion of a TAI process. A guide member arm may be provided for manipulating the irrigation head for both insertion and removal. The irrigation head is reliably attached to the guide member arm. The guide member arm may include an integral manual pump.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 14, 2018Publication date: April 25, 2019Inventors: Adam J. Foley, Stephen Collum, David Hannon
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Publication number: 20190083746Abstract: A compact catheter assembly and methods of making such a catheter are disclosed. The catheter assembly incudes a receiver and a catheter sub-assembly. The catheter sub-assembly includes a gripping member and a catheter tube carried by the gripping member.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 20, 2018Publication date: March 21, 2019Inventors: Michael G. Murray, Daniel E. O'Brien, David Hannon, Adam J. Foley, Scott Allen
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Patent number: D855970Type: GrantFiled: April 5, 2017Date of Patent: August 13, 2019Assignee: Hollister IncorporatedInventors: David Hannon, Martin McMenamin, Adam J. Foley, Paul C. Fletter, Marine V. G. Richard