ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,239,806, issued on March 4, was assigned to INJE UNIVERSITY INDUSTRY-ACADEMIC COOPERATION FOUNDATION (Gimhae-si, South Korea).

"Peritoneal cavity-bladder connecting catheter for ascites drainage" was invented by Il Hwan Kim (Busan, South Korea), Myeong Ju Kang (Busan, South Korea), Bong Su Park (Busan, South Korea), Si Hyung Park (Busan, South Korea), Yu Jin Lee (Busan, South Korea), Jin Han Park (Busan, South Korea), Jae Ha Lee (Busan, South Korea), Kang Min Park (Busan, South Korea), Seong Cheol Kim (Busan, South Korea), Jae Seung Jung (Busan, South Korea) and So Yeong Jung (Busan, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present...