US Patent Issued on Sept. 8 for "Female urinary catheter system" (Connecticut Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,728,227, issued on Sept. 8.

"Female urinary catheter system" was invented by Garrett Whittaker (Torrington, Conn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A female urinary catheter system may be provided that utilizes a drainage aperture element having an outer drain edge surrounding an inner drain aperture. The inner drain aperture is coupled to a drainage conduit. The outer drain edge comprises a width dimension larger than that of the drainage conduit. One or more of the outer drain edge, the inner drain aperture, and the drainage conduit may be fabricated from a thermo-responsive polymer. The catheter system may further utilize a catheter cond...