ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,251,522, issued on March 18, was assigned to Guangzhou Institute of Cancer Research, the Affiliated Cancer Hospital, Guangzhou Medical University (Guangdong, China).

"Post-operative indwelling urinary catheter suitable for males" was invented by Yanfei Chen (Guangdong, China), Guoshuo Chen (Guangdong, China), Ling Li (Guangdong, China), Yingwen Zhu (Guangdong, China), Xuejin Zhu (Guangdong, China), Sian Chen (Guangdong, China) and Jinhai Wu (Guangdong, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure belongs to the technical field of medical devices, and in particular relates to a post-operative indwelling urinary catheter su...