ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,383,364, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to C. R. Bard Inc. (Franklin Lakes, N.J.).

"Catheterization packages and methods thereof" was invented by Tracey E. Knapp (Snellville, Ga.), Eric A. Rehm (Lawrenceville, Ga.), Nick Austerman (Atlanta), Sarah Skelton (Atlanta), Caroline Bunn (Atlanta), Robert M. Hine (Covington, Ga.) and Brandt Davis (Milford, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An intermittent catheter package including a plurality of components and a catheterization tray configured to facilitate a catheterization procedure. The plurality of components include a urinary catheter fluidly connected to a urine-drainage bag and a samp...