US Patent Issued to Medline Industries on Nov. 4 for "Catheter tray, packaging system, instruction insert, and associated methods" (Illinois Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,458,329, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to Medline Industries LP (Northfield, Ill.).

"Catheter tray, packaging system, instruction insert, and associated methods" was invented by Jennifer E. Tomes (Mundelein, Ill.) and Sarah Dickinson (Chicago).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A tray (100) for accommodating a coiled medical device, such as a catheter assembly (700), includes a first compartment (101), a second compartment (102), and a third compartment (103). The catheter assembly (700) and devices associated with a catheterization procedure, such as syringes (701,702) containing sterile water and lubricating jelly and a specimen container (...