ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,605,524, issued on April 21.
"Device for clean catheterization" was invented by Catherine Gilbert (New Orleans) and Jorge Nagel (New Orleans).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "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 ...