Abstract: A urinary catheter has a tube having a proximal section that is insertable into a urethra and a distal section having a connector secured to a distal end of the tube. A lumen is formed longitudinally in the tube and a hydrophilic coating applied to an exterior surface of the tube. The proximal section of the tube includes a proximal tip end that is closed to terminate the lumen at the proximal tip end, with the proximal tip end rounded for insertion of the proximal tip end through the urethra and into a bladder. The proximal section of the tube is conical such that a first outer diameter of the proximal section of the tube measured at the proximal tip end is smaller than a second outer diameter of the proximal section of the tube measured distal from the proximal tip end.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for the preparation of a medical device element by means of extrusion or injection molding and to medical devices comprising such extruded or injection molded medical device elements. The medical device elements (e.g. tubes, wires, lines, stents, catheters, guides, endodontic instruments, needles, trocars for e.g. laparoscopic surgery, laparoscopic accessories, surgical instruments, guide wires) are characterized by a prefabricated shaped article or a thermoplastic substrate polymer having thereon a layer of a covalently cross-linked coating composition of a thermoplastic matrix polymer and a hydrophilic polymer. The method involves a coating composition comprising a thermoplastic matrix polymer, a hydrophilic polymer, and one or more photo-initiator(s), e.g. covalently linked to molecules of the thermoplastic matrix polymer and/or to molecules of the hydrophilic polymer.

Abstract: A urinary catheter has a tube having a proximal section that is insertable into a urethra and a distal section having a connector secured to a distal end of the tube. A lumen is formed longitudinally in the tube and a hydrophilic coating applied to an exterior surface of the tube. The proximal section of the tube includes a proximal tip end that is closed to terminate the lumen at the proximal tip end, with the proximal tip end rounded for insertion of the proximal tip end through the urethra and into a bladder. The proximal section of the tube is conical such that a first outer diameter of the proximal section of the tube measured at the proximal tip end is smaller than a second outer diameter of the proximal section of the tube measured distal from the proximal tip end.

Abstract: A urinary catheter includes a tube and a tip. The tube has a tube wall defining a lumen extending between a distal tube end and a proximal tube end, with an opening formed in the tube wall. The tip extends from the proximal tube end to a closed proximal tip end. An inside diameter of the lumen increases constantly along an entire length of the tube from a first inside diameter measured at the proximal tube end to a second inside diameter measured at the distal tube end, where the first inside diameter is smaller than the second inside diameter such that the lumen is formed in a conical shape that diverges from the proximal tube end to a wider cross-sectional opening at the distal tube end.

Abstract: A method of treating a hole formed in a catheter includes providing the catheter with an opening formed in a wall of the catheter from an external surface of the catheter to an internal surface of a lumen of the catheter such that the catheter has a sharp external edge formed between the external surface and the opening and a sharp internal edge formed between the opening and the internal surface of the lumen of the catheter. The method additionally includes pushing a proximal end of a mandrel into the opening formed in the wall of the catheter and rounding the sharp external edge of the opening formed in the wall of the catheter with a distal end of the mandrel. The method further includes maintaining the sharp internal edge formed between the opening and the internal surface of the catheter.

Abstract: A method of moulding a catheter to include an integrally formed catheter tip is disclosed. The method includes stabilizing a core pin within a cavity of a mould with a mould member that is inserted into the mould at a location between the distal end and the proximal end of the core pin. Removing the mould member from the mould after the moulding process forms a drainage eye in a moulded urinary catheter. Removing the core pin after the moulding process provides the moulded urinary catheter with a lumen formed in the moulded urinary catheter with the lumen in communication with the drainage eye.

Abstract: A method of injection molding a catheter assembly, the method comprising providing a mold having an elongated cavity in the form of an external surface of the catheter assembly, providing a core pin in the longitudinal axis of the catheter assembly inside the cavity in the form of an inner lumen of the catheter assembly, where the core pin has a distal end that is fixed in place and a proximal free end, providing a first and a second molding member where each one of the first and the second molding members has a fixed end and a free end, in a radial direction of the elongated cavity, preparing the mold by arranging the free ends of the two molding members to support the core pin, injecting a liquid catheter material into the mold, letting the liquid material solidify.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for the preparation of a medical device element by means of extrusion or injection moulding and to medical devices comprising such extruded or injection moulded medical device elements. The medical device elements (e.g. tubes, wires, lines, stents, catheters, guides, endodontic instruments, needles, trocars for e.g. laparoscopic surgery, laparoscopic accessories, surgical instruments, guide wires) are characterized by a prefabricated shaped article or a thermoplastic substrate polymer having thereon a layer of a covalently cross-linked coating composition of a thermoplastic matrix polymer and a hydrophilic polymer. The method involves a coating composition comprising a thermoplastic matrix polymer, a hydrophilic polymer, and one or more photo-initiator(s), e.g. covalently linked to molecules of the thermoplastic matrix polymer and/or to molecules of the hydrophilic polymer.

Abstract: A urinary catheter includes a tube and a tip. The tube has a tube wall defining a lumen extending between a distal tube end and a proximal tube end, with an opening formed in the tube wall. The tip extends from the proximal tube end to a closed proximal tip end. An inside diameter of the lumen increases constantly along an entire length of the tube from a first inside diameter measured at the proximal tube end to a second inside diameter measured at the distal tube end, where the first inside diameter is smaller than the second inside diameter such that the lumen is formed in a conical shape that diverges from the proximal tube end to a wider cross-sectional opening at the distal tube end.

Abstract: A catheter comprising a tube part, a tip part and at least one through-going opening, where the through-going opening is positioned distally to the proximal end of the tube part, wherein the outer surface of the tube part has at its proximal end a first outer diameter that is smaller than a second outer diameter at the tube part's distal end, and the diameter of the outer surface of the tube part increases constantly along the entire length of the tube part from its proximal first outer diameter end to its distal second outer diameter.

Abstract: A method of treating a hole formed in a catheter includes providing the catheter with an opening formed in a wall of the catheter from an external surface of the catheter to an internal surface of a lumen of the catheter such that the catheter has a sharp external edge formed between the external surface and the opening and a sharp internal edge formed between the opening and the internal surface of the lumen of the catheter. The method additionally includes pushing a proximal end of a mandrel into the opening formed in the wall of the catheter and rounding the sharp external edge of the opening formed in the wall of the catheter with a distal end of the mandrel. The method further includes maintaining the sharp internal edge formed between the opening and the internal surface of the catheter.

Abstract: A method for rounding at least a part of an edge of an opening in a tubular body formed of thermo-formable material, wherein a mandrel is brought into contact with the edge and the mandrel has a temperature that allows it to permanently deform the material of the tubular body and a product thereof.

Abstract: A method of implanting a penile prosthesis into a patient includes inserting a distal end of an insertion tool into an opening formed in a tip of the penile prosthesis, expanding a mechanism from the distal end of the insertion tool into a pocket formed in the tip of the penile prosthesis, and inserting the penile prosthesis into a corpora cavernosum of the patient with the insertion tool.

Abstract: A method of injection moulding a catheter assembly, the method comprising providing a mould having an elongated cavity in the form of an external surface of the catheter assembly, providing a core pin in the longitudinal axis of the catheter assembly inside the cavity in the form of an inner lumen of the catheter assembly, where the core pin has a distal end that is fixed in place and a proximal free end, providing a first and a second moulding member where each one of the first and the second moulding members has a fixed end and a free end, in a radial direction of the elongated cavity, preparing the mould by arranging the free ends of the two moulding members to support the core pin, injecting a liquid catheter material into the mould, letting the liquid material solidify.

Abstract: A catheter comprising a tube part, a tip part and at least one through-going opening, where the through-going opening is positioned distally to the proximal end of the tube part, wherein the outer surface of the tube part has at its proximal end a first outer diameter that is smaller than a second outer diameter at the tube part's distal end, and the diameter of the outer surface of the tube part increases constantly along the entire length of the tube part from its proximal first outer diameter end to its distal second outer diameter.

Abstract: An implantable penile prosthesis system includes a penile prosthesis and an insertion tool. The penile prosthesis includes a cylinder extending between a distal tip and a proximal tip. At least one of the distal tip and the proximal tip has a pocket accessible by an opening, where the pocket is formed to extend laterally beyond a perimeter of the opening. The insertion tool extends between a distal end and a proximal end and includes an expansion mechanism coupled to the distal end. The opening in the tip(s) is sized to receive the distal end of the insertion tool and the expansion mechanism is configured to expand into the pocket to couple the insertion tool with the penile prosthesis.

Abstract: An implantable penile prosthesis system includes a penile prosthesis and an insertion tool. The penile prosthesis includes a cylinder extending between a distal tip and a proximal tip. At least one of the distal tip and the proximal tip has a pocket accessible by an opening, where the pocket is formed to extend laterally beyond a perimeter of the opening. The insertion tool extends between a distal end and a proximal end and includes an expansion mechanism coupled to the distal end. The opening in the tip(s) is sized to receive the distal end of the insertion tool and the expansion mechanism is configured to expand into the pocket to couple the insertion tool with the penile prosthesis.

Abstract: A method of implanting a penile prosthesis into a patient includes inserting a distal end of an insertion tool into an opening formed in a tip of the penile prosthesis, expanding a mechanism from the distal end of the insertion tool into a pocket formed in the tip of the penile prosthesis, and inserting the penile prosthesis into a corpora cavernosum of the patient with the insertion tool.

Abstract: A method for rounding at least a part of an edge of an opening in a tubular body formed of thermo-formable material, wherein a mandrel is brought into contact with the edge and the mandrel has a temperature that allows it to permanently deform the material of the tubular body and a product thereof.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for the preparation of a medical device element by means of extrusion or injection moulding and to medical devices comprising such extruded or injection moulded medical device elements. The medical device elements (e.g. tubes, wires, lines, stents, catheters, guides, endodontic instruments, needles, trocars for e.g. laparoscopic surgery, laparoscopic accessories, surgical instruments, guide wires) are characterized by a prefabricated shaped article or a thermoplastic substrate polymer having thereon a layer of a covalently cross-linked coating composition of a thermoplastic matrix polymer and a hydrophilic polymer. The method involves a coating composition comprising a thermoplastic matrix polymer, a hydrophilic polymer, and one or more photo-initiator(s), e.g. covalently linked to molecules of the thermoplastic matrix polymer and/or to molecules of the hydrophilic polymer.