ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,419,732, issued on Sept. 23.

"Bladder management device and method" was invented by David E. Flinchbaugh (Orlando, Fla.), Brian J. Awbrey (Lexington, Mass.), Allan F. Anderson (Flagler Beach, Fla.), Michael A. Rawers (Bonita Springs, Fla.) and Paul Golis (Sanford, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure provides a bladder management device. The bladder management device may include a hard, durable body with an inflow portion and an outflow portion. In some implementations, the bladder management device may include a hollow body with a sample port and over-pressurization port and at least two magnets. In some aspects, ...