US Patent Issued to C. R. Bard on July 28 for "Intermittent-catheter assemblies and methods thereof" (Georgia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,691,250, issued on July 28, was assigned to C. R. Bard Inc. (Franklin Lakes, N.J.).

"Intermittent-catheter assemblies and methods thereof" was invented by James David Hughett Sr. (Monroe, Ga.), Ronald N. Legaspi (Alpharetta, Ga.), Kyle Daw (Smyrna, Ga.) and Steven M. Breen (Decatur, Ga.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed are an intermittent-catheter assemblies and packages, carrying cases, and methods thereof. For example, an intermittent-catheter assembly can include an intermittent catheter and a catheter housing. The intermittent catheter can include a proximal piece (106), a cap (110) configured to cap a proximal opening of the...