US Patent Issued to Rochester Medical on May 27 for "Catheter in bag without additional packaging" (Minnesota Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,311,120, issued on May 27, was assigned to Rochester Medical Corp. (Stewartville, Minn.).

"Catheter in bag without additional packaging" was invented by Anthony J. Conway (Chatfield, Minn.) and Sarah L. Grinde (Spring Grove, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of making a urinary catheter set includes providing a collection bag that has an interior space configured to contain urine, the interior space defined by opposing edges and an exterior surface. The collection bag has a first extension extending from a first of the opposing edges, and a second extension extending from a second of the opposing edges opposite the first of t...