MUMBAI, India, Jan. 23 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202641001427 A) filed by Laniya Nasrin K; and Reshmi Krishna A, Malappuram, Kerala, on Jan. 6, for 'an antimicrobial coated catheter.'

Inventor(s) include Laniya Nasrin K; and Reshmi Krishna A.

The application for the patent was published on Jan. 23, under issue no. 04/2026.

According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "The present invention provides a urinary catheter comprising a catheter body and an antimicrobial coating solution disposed on a surface of the catheter body. The antimicrobial coating comprises PEGylated zinc oxide nanoparticles loaded with a bacteriocin-cyclodextrin complex, wherein the antimicrobial coati...