ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,539,390, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to Nowwell Flow Technology AS (Odda, Norway).
"Catheter" was invented by Leif Granat (Stockholm) and Niklas Herou (Jonkoping, Sweden).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A catheter insertable into a urethra for installation in a user's bladder and urethra, the catheter comprising: a urine conduit comprising a first urine inlet and a urine outlet; and an inlet protector extending outwardly from the urine conduit from a position between the first urine inlet and the urine outlet, where the inlet protector functions to protect the urine inlet by separating it from contact with the bladder wall and thus keepi...