US Patent Issued to UHI on July 7 for "Bladder, ureter, kidney, urethra, prostate and catheter anti-microbial, and biofilm prevention, reduction and treatment" (Ohio Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,673,140, issued on July 7, was assigned to UHI LLC (Shaker Heights, Ohio).

"Bladder, ureter, kidney, urethra, prostate and catheter anti-microbial, and biofilm prevention, reduction and treatment" was invented by Kristina Albert (Shaker Heights, Ohio), Carmen Fonseca (Shaker Heights, Ohio) and Afif Ghannoum (Shaker Heights, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for preventing and treating internal infections, e.g., urinary tract infections, caused by catheters is provided, in particular by reduction in catheter-associated biofilms. A coating composition is used to treat the catheter and applied through the catheter into the bladder...