ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,296,121, issued on May 13, was assigned to Merit Medical Systems Inc. (South Jordan, Utah).
"Drainage catheter" was invented by Richard Lindsay (Northern Ireland, Great Britain), Denise Hallisey (Wethersfield, Conn.), Nicholas Accisano III (Howell, N.J.), David Butts (Riverton, Utah), F. Mark Ferguson (Salt Lake City), Kirk Loren Foote (Cottonwood Heights, Utah), Mark Garcia (Wilmington, Del.), Gregory R. McArthur (Sandy, Utah) and Kenneth Sykes (Bluffdale, Utah).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to a drainage catheter and methods of use for providing catheterization procedures, such as during a percutaneous ne...