US Patent Issued to Ethicon on Feb. 3 for "Catheters having visible markers for identifying soaker regions containing fluid openings" (New Jersey, Pennsylvania Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,539,391, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to Ethicon Inc. (Raritan, N.J.).

"Catheters having visible markers for identifying soaker regions containing fluid openings" was invented by John A. Killion (Flemington, N.J.), Frank Richard Cichocki Jr. (Easton, Pa.) and Gaoyuan Chen (Hillsborough, N.J.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A catheter for delivering fluids includes a hollow tube having a proximal section, a distal section, and an elongated lumen that extends through the proximal and distal sections of the hollow tube. One or more fluid openings are formed in the distal section of the hollow tube, which are in fluid communication with the ...