US Patent Issued to 3IVE Labs on Oct. 20 for "Negative pressure therapy devices, systems, and treatment methods with indwelling urinary catheters" (Georgia, Texas, North Carolina Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,766,239, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to 3IVE Labs LLC (Roswell, Ga.).

"Negative pressure therapy devices, systems, and treatment methods with indwelling urinary catheters" was invented by John R Erbey (Milton, Ga.), Jacob L. Upperco (Atlanta), Bryan J. Tucker (Chapel Hill, N.C.) and Lance Michael Black (Pearland, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A negative pressure therapy device for inducing negative pressure in a urinary tract includes an inflow member and an outflow member. The inflow member includes (i) a proximal portion, (ii) a retention portion configured to be deployed within a renal pelvis of the urinary tract comprising...