US Patent Issued to C. R. Bard on Nov. 4 for "Systems for aseptic urine sampling and methods thereof" (Georgia, New Jersey Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,458,524, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to C. R. Bard Inc. (Franklin Lakes, N.J.).

"Systems for aseptic urine sampling and methods thereof" was invented by Tim Waitkus (Sparta, N.J.), Chris Fodouop (Atlanta), Kelsey Leeke (Atlanta) and John Gohde (Decatur, Ga.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A urine-sampling system for aseptic urine sampling includes a catheter assembly and a sampling-port access device. The catheter assembly includes a urinary catheter, drainage tubing, and a connector fluidly connecting the urinary catheter to the drainage tubing. The connector includes a urine-sampling port. The sampling-port access device includes a ti...