US Patent Issued to Roivios on July 15 for "Ureteral and bladder catheters and methods of inducing negative pressure to increase renal perfusion" (Georgia, South Carolina Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,357,793, issued on July 15, was assigned to Roivios Ltd. (Nassau, Bahamas).

"Ureteral and bladder catheters and methods of inducing negative pressure to increase renal perfusion" was invented by David E. Orr (Piedmont, S.C.), Jacob L. Upperco (Atlanta) and John R. Erbey II (Milton, Ga.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A ureteral catheter includes a drainage lumen including a proximal portion configured to be positioned in at least a portion of a patient's urethra and/or bladder and a distal portion configured to be positioned in a patient's kidney, renal pelvis, and/or in the ureter adjacent to the renal pelvis, the distal portion includin...