US Patent Issued to CathBuddy on March 4 for "Methods and devices for portable sterilization and containment of reusable urinary catheters" (Massachusetts, New York Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,239,753, issued on March 4, was assigned to CathBuddy Inc. (Woodbury, N.Y.).

"Methods and devices for portable sterilization and containment of reusable urinary catheters" was invented by Souvik Paul (Woodbury, N.Y.) and Daniel Wollin (Newton, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to systems and/or apparatuses capable of sterilizing medical products, preferably reusable urinary catheters, or other products using radiation. The apparatus of the present invention can be efficiently configured and designed to provide sterilization of the surfaces of a medical device by emitting radiation in a range sufficient and effect...