ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,697,467, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to C. R. Bard Inc. (Franklin Lakes, N.J.).
"Urinary catheter" was invented by Zhihui Yin (Lilburn, Ga.), David Fish (Rutledge, Ga.) and Tom Roberts (Bishop, Ga.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A urinary catheter and container. The urinary catheter can include a catheter shaft attached to a handle and a coating disposed on an outer surface of the catheter shaft. The coating can include a hydrogel, water and/or glycerin, and a polyethylene gylcol (PEG). The PEG can have a molecular weight equal to or less than 600, for example one or more of polyethylene glycol (PEG) 300 and PEG 400. The coating can be...