US Patent Issued to Hollister on Jan. 20 for "Medical device assemblies including a valved drainage member" (Irish Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,527,681, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to Hollister Inc. (Libertyville, Ill.).

"Medical device assemblies including a valved drainage member" was invented by Vincent Naughton (Sligo, Ireland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A medical device assembly comprises a drainage member having a proximal end, a distal end, and a body defining a lumen extending therebetween. The lumen is in fluid communication with a medical device at the proximal end. The lumen is also in fluid communication with a collection container at the distal end. The drainage member body is attached to the collection container. The body includes a valve configured to contr...