US Patent Issued to CLEAN BLUE on June 23 for "Self-sterilising urinary catheter" (British Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,661,420, issued on June 23, was assigned to CLEAN BLUE Ltd. (Headley, Great Britain).

"Self-sterilising urinary catheter" was invented by Daniel Christopher Taylor (Headley, Great Britain), Cara Louise Taylor Cooper (Ickleton, Great Britain), Charles Matthew Dean (Ickleton, Great Britain) and Peter Ian Money (Ickleton, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to urinary catheters, in particular indwelling urinary catheters, with self-sterilising capabilities. There is disclosed a catheter for insertion into the bladder of a patient, the catheter comprising an elongate body having a distal portion configu...