ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,491,349, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to WABE-TREE Co. LTD. (Gyeongsangnam-Do, South Korea).
"Internal drainage catheter for ascites drainage" was invented by Il Hwan Kim (Busan, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An internal drainage catheter for ascites drainage according to an embodiment has an improved structure so as to allow ascites in a peritoneal cavity to be discharged in urine via a bladder and ensure significant fixation force to a bladder wall based on which the peritoneal cavity and the bladder are separated from each other."
The patent was filed on May 25, 2022, under Application No. 18/037,362.
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