ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,702,789, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to Coloplast A/S (Humlebaek, Denmark).
"Method for forming a urinary catheter tip" was invented by Birger Andersen (Birkeroed, Denmark) and Jakob Oeelund (Alleroed, Denmark).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for forming a urinary catheter tip on a tubular object is provided. Further methods of forming two tips positioned head-to-head are also provided. Methods for forming a urinary catheter is provided. A urinary catheter having a flex-tip and obtained by the methods is provided."
The patent was filed on June 17, 2022, under Application No. 18/568,406.
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