ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,396,495, issued on Aug. 26.
"Pants that can accommodate a catheter" was invented by Nitza Agam (Daly City, Calif.) and Lalit K. Goel (Sunnyvale, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Pants housing a catheter that drains to a collection bag, said pants having a left and a right panel, wherein each panel is a covering element has a continuous zipper tape that is coextensive with the fabric forming a pant, wherein the panels provide a selectable portlets to the collection bag mounted on a wearer's anterior thigh to activate drainage or to service a connection of the catheter to the collection bag, and a selectable port to inspect, tighten s...