ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,383,699, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to Jorg Schierholz (Starnberg-Bete, Germany).

"Catheter attachment made of plastic that contains molecularly dispersed polychlorinated phenoxyphenol (PCPP)" was invented by Jorg Michael Schierholz (Starnberg-Bete, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a catheter attachment made of a non-elastomeric plastic that contains homogeneously distributed, molecularly dispersed polychlorinated phenoxyphenol (PCPP), in particular 5-chloro-2-(2,4-dichloro-phenoxy)-phenol (Irgasan(c))."

The patent was filed on Jan. 31, 2018, under Application No. 16/481,869.

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