US Patent Issued to Medline Industries on Oct. 6 for "Catheter tray, packaging system, and associated methods" (Illinois, New York Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,752,076, issued on Oct. 6, was assigned to Medline Industries LP (Northfield, Ill.).

"Catheter tray, packaging system, and associated methods" was invented by Jennifer E. Tomes (Mundelein, Ill.), Deborah B. Adler (New York) and Kenneth S. Chua (Glenview, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A tray (100) for accommodating a coiled medical device, such as a catheter assembly (700), includes a first compartment (101), a second compartment (102), and a third compartment (103). The catheter assembly (700) and devices associated with a catheterization procedure, such as syringes (701, 702) containing sterile water and lubricating jelly and a spe...