US Patent Issued to Qatar Foundation for Education, Science and Community Development, Hamad Medical on Sept. 8 for "Combined pyelo-ureteral stent" (Qatari Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,728,244, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to Qatar Foundation for Education, Science and Community Development (Doha, Qatar) and Hamad Medical Corp. (Doha, Qatar).

"Combined pyelo-ureteral stent" was invented by Tariq Osman Saeed Abbas (Doha, Qatar).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A pyelo-ureteral stent is provided that combines the benefits of a stent having a lumen with the benefits of a lumen-less stent. In one example, the stent may be implanted in a patient for use during and after a pyeloplasty procedure. The provided stent includes a flexible tube having two separate lumens. Each lumen terminates prior to the stent's closed distal en...