ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,214,145, issued on Feb. 4, was assigned to AP MDS Co. Ltd. (Incheon, South Korea).

"Catheter, composition for catheter, production method therefor" was invented by Jong Jeong Kim (Incheon, South Korea) and Yong Han Chun (Incheon, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is foley catheter and a composition for producing a foley catheter which is inserted in vivo and a method for producing the same, which the composition consists of the materials which carbon nanotube polymer (CNT Polymer) bonded a carbon nanotube and zinc oxide (ZnO) is combined with a silicon, wherein from 1.0 to 2.2 parts by weight of the said carbon nanotube ...