US Patent Issued to Hollister on Aug. 11 for "Reusable urinary catheter kits" (Irish, British, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,702,790, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to Hollister Inc. (Libertyville, Ill.).

"Reusable urinary catheter kits" was invented by Michael G. Murray (Ballina, Ireland), Horacio Montes De Oca (Ballina, Ireland), Gary W. Inglese (Deerfield, Ill.), Rebecca M. Leece (Bicester, Great Britain), Vincent Naughton (Sligo, Ireland), Daniel E. O'Brien (Calry, Ireland), David J. Farrell (Ballina, Ireland), David Hannon (Ballina, Ireland) and Martin Bruggeman (Dublin).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Kits are provided for storing, transporting, and sterilizing reusable urinary catheters. A reusable urinary catheter stored within a housing of the kit may ...