Patents by Inventor Melanie CLUTTON

Melanie CLUTTON has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Female catheter locator tip
    Patent number: 11904111
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are catheter assemblies (100) with a locator tip (134) proximal to the distal tip (112) of a catheter tube (110). The locator tip is sized to remain outside a female urethra and configured to allow the catheter tube to pass there through. As an example, the locator tip allows a woman using a urinary catheter to target her urethra without exposing the catheter tube to tissue until the urethra is located and insertion is initiated. This avoids infecting the urethra with a catheter tube that has been contaminated by bacteria around the urethra.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: ConvaTec Limited
    Inventors: David A. Donnelly, Julie Lambrethsen, Melanie Clutton
  • FEMALE CATHETER LOCATOR TIP
    Publication number: 20210100979
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are catheter assemblies (100) with a locator tip (134) proximal to the distal tip (112) of a catheter tube (110). The locator tip is sized to remain outside a female urethra and configured to allow the catheter tube to pass there through. As an example, the locator tip allows a woman using a urinary catheter to target her urethra without exposing the catheter tube to tissue until the urethra is located and insertion is initiated. This avoids infecting the urethra with a catheter tube that has been contaminated by bacteria around the urethra.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2018
    Publication date: April 8, 2021
    Inventors: David A. DONNELLY, Julie LAMBRETHSEN, Melanie CLUTTON