US Patent Issued to Middleton Medical Innovations on Oct. 28 for "Urinary catheter and method of catheterising a bladder using an actively deflectable urethral catheter and a deflection mechanism" (Australian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,453,837, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to Middleton Medical Innovations Pty Ltd (Victoria, Australia).

"Urinary catheter and method of catheterising a bladder using an actively deflectable urethral catheter and a deflection mechanism" was invented by Ian S. Middleton (Lenah Valley, Australia), Dougal L. Middleton (Cairns, Australia) and Rory L. Middleton (South Melbourne, Australia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A urinary catheter with deflectable tip, comprising a hollow catheter body configured to be inserted within the urethra of a patient, the catheter body having an elongate portion, a tip portion near a distal end of the elongate...