ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,702,792, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to CONVATEC Ltd. (Flintshire, Great Britain).
"Intermittent catheter" was invented by Aliaksandr Piashevich (Flintshire, Great Britain), Marian Novak (Flintshire, Great Britain), Jarrod D'Annibale (Erie, Pa.), Corey Linden (Erie, Pa.), Tony Dedionisio (Erie, Pa.) and Jason Bryant (Erie, Pa.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An intermittent catheter, preferably a female intermittent catheter, is provided in an assembly. The assembly may include a cap which may be attachable to the base of the assembly in use, and/or a seal which misaligns with sealing surfaces of a chamber wall and a moveable insert i...