ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,214,142, issued on Feb. 4, was assigned to The Flume Catheter Co. Ltd. (Surrey, Great Britain).
"Urinary catheter" was invented by John Havard (Surrey, Great Britain) and Roger Holmes (Surrey, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A catheter comprising: a shaft (1) having a proximal end (2) and a distal end (3), the distal end terminating in a tip (4); a drainage opening (7) located at the distal end of the shaft, the drainage opening communicating with a drainage lumen (8) of the shaft; a balloon located at the distal end of the shaft, the balloon comprising a first region secured to the shaft, a second region secured to the shaft...