Embodiments disclosed herein are directed to systems and methods of drainage tubes displaying differing mechanical properties along an axial length. These drainage tubes can be provided as integrally formed tubes or as modular systems and can be provided as part of a kit. The differing mechanical properties allows a user to position the tube and to prevent the formation of dependent loops, which allow fluid to pool therein. Proximal portions of the tube can display rigid or malleable properties to maintain a negative incline, or be positioned and remain in position until repositioned. Modular tube kits allow a user to select different mechanical properties along an axial length and modify an overall length of the tube to suit the user's needs.

A system for disinfecting a medical device is disclosed that includes an elongate instrument comprising a plurality of optical fibers extending along a length of the instrument to a disinfection zone, and a light source coupled with the instrument configured to propagate light distally along the optical fibers. The elongate instrument can be configured to redirect the light radially outward from the instrument. An elongate instrument for disinfecting a medical device can include a plurality of optical fibers extending along a length of the instrument from a proximal end to a disinfection zone at a distal end, the optical fibers configured to propagate a light along the instrument. One or more reflective surfaces can be located within the disinfection zone, and the reflective surfaces can be configured to direct the light radially outward from the instrument.

A medical procedure kit includes a Foley catheter having a specimen sampling port coupled thereto. A disinfectant cap is selectively attachable to, and detachable from, the specimen sampling port of the Foley catheter.

A tray (100) for accommodating a coiled medical device, such as a catheter assembly (700), includes a first compartment (101), a second compartment (102), and a third compartment (103). The catheter assembly (700) and devices associated with a catheterization procedure, such as syringes (706,707) containing sterile water and lubricating jelly and a specimen container (708) can be disposed within the tray. Instructional banners (1600,1700,1800,1900,2000,2100, 2200,2300) can be included with the tray (100). One or more layers of wrap material (2200) can be folded about the tray (100) to enclose the tray (100) and other items, such as an additional layer of wrap material (800), packaged liquid skin sanitizer (709), an instructional banner (1600), and packaged gloves (712).

Systems, methods, and devices are provided for assisting or performing guided interventional procedures using specialized catheters and inserts. A bend altering device is introduced into a conduit in an organ causing it to take on a tortuous path and to assist in its visualization. A scan is performed of a patient's anatomy to identify targets critical structures and the path of the conduit. A bend altering device containing position indicating elements is placed into the conduit in the same path as before the scan. During a procedure, the pre-procedure scans may be registered to the patient using the location of the position indicating elements in the conduit. This registration may be used in an intervention to guide instruments and templates to obtain diagnostic information or provide therapy to the targets identified in the scans.

A method for introducing a urinary catheter of a urinary catheter package, the urinary catheter package including a grip designed for sliding movement over the urinary catheter. The grip can include a body designed to surround the urinary catheter shaft, a first flare, and a second flare. The body can include a proximal end, a distal end, and a gripping area between the proximal end and the distal end, the gripping area designed to contact the urinary catheter upon the application of force to the gripping area. The first flare can increase in cross-sectional area from the gripping area to the proximal end of the body. The second flare can increase in cross-sectional area from the gripping area to the distal end of the body. The method includes removing the urinary catheter from a proximal end of the urinary catheter package.

A catheter device and manufacturing process for manufacturing the catheter device, wherein the catheter device has a halo-shaped coiled portion extending away from a perpendicular stem portion through a swan neck portion. Eyelets on the halo coil portion and swan neck portion facilitate flow out of the bladder through the catheter device vertical to the catheter, rather than perpendicularly as is the case with existing catheters. The catheter device is formed by using a straight catheter tube, heating and cooling it within a formed mold to have the halo coil and swan neck, such that it can be straightened using a pusher and stylet, inserted into the body while straightened, and thereafter return to its coiled shape when the stylet is removed.

A device for catheterization is disclosed. Such a device includes a hollow catheter, a cylindrical sheath, and a flange through which the catheter passes. Before insertion, the sheath begins at a first opening near the catheter tip and extends into the catheter to a first circumferential fold, then back towards the catheter tip to a second circumferential fold about the tip to the exterior surface, and ends at a second opening attached to the flange. As the device is inserted up to a length, the flange abuts the cavity opening, and a corresponding length of the sheath deploys from the catheter interior, around the first and second circumferential folds, to the catheter outer surface. Once fully inserted, all, or a substantial portion, of the sheath initially positioned within the catheter has been deployed to the outer surface, thereby forming a protective barrier between the catheter and the surrounding tissues.

Catheter tubing comprises: an elongate body comprising a base thermoplastic polyurethane; and a compounded thermoplastic polyurethane co-extruded with the base thermoplastic polyurethane to provide a section of catheter tubing discrete from the elongate body, the compounded thermoplastic polyurethane comprising a thermoplastic polyurethane and a radiopaque material, wherein the catheter tubing comprises a first elastic modulus under first conditions prior to entry into a patient; and wherein when exposed to second conditions comprising two or more in vivo stimuli for a duration of time the catheter tubing comprises a second elastic modulus that is not more than fifty percent of the first modulus.

A method includes mixing a liquid carrier and a powder formulation including an S-nitrosothiol (RSNO) powder to form a nitric oxide generating solution; and within a predetermined time of mixing, introducing the nitric oxide generating solution into an inflatable and nitric oxide permeable balloon of a urinary catheter that is inserted in a patient.