US Patent Issued to CONVATEC on Oct. 27 for "Intermittent catheter" (British, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,773,522, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to CONVATEC Ltd. (Flintshire, Great Britain).

"Intermittent catheter" was invented by Lukas Kandrac (Flintshire, Great Britain), Marian Novak (Flintshire, Great Britain), David Donnelly (Flintshire, Great Britain), Aliaksandr Piashevich (Flintshire, Great Britain), Patrik Lacko (Flintshire, Great Britain) 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 surface...