US Patent Issued to C. R. Bard on Sept. 9 for "Smart bag to measure urine output via catheter" (Georgia, North Carolina Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,408,853, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to C. R. Bard Inc. (Franklin Lakes, N.J.).

"Smart bag to measure urine output via catheter" was invented by Hannah Rose Kriscovich (Marietta, Ga.), Charles D. Shermer (Raleigh, N.C.), Puja Patel (Lawrenceville, Ga.) and Shernone Moussignac (Conyers, Ga.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed herein is a urine collection bag, system, and methods directed to automated measurement of a quantity of urine. The urine collection system can include the urine collection bag, a catheter, and flexible drainage tubing. The urine collection bag can include a collection area, force sensors, and circuitry con...