ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,539,393, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to TRACELESS BIOPSY LLC (Atlanta).
"Catheter" was invented by Charles Gilliland (Atlanta), Baylee Brooke Heard (Macon, Ga.), Ann Marie Stringer (Cheverly, Md.), Asia Pauline Hernandez (San Diego) and Elizabeth Kaleigh Johnston (Suwanee, Ga.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A drainage catheter system comprising a catheter having an elongate body configured for insertion into an organ or cavity of a patient and a hub configured for coupling with a longitudinal shearing device and the first end of the catheter and movable over the elongate body of the catheter. A locking stay suture extends through the e...