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Patent No.:

US 12257174 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Mar. 25, 2025

Filed:

Oct. 14, 2021

Fluid collection assemblies including at least one of a protrusion or at least one expandable material

Applicant:

Purewick Corporation, El Cajon, CA (US);

Inventors:

Jill W. Jones, Avondale Estates, GA (US);

Christopher D. Drobnik, Wauconda, IL (US);

Michael W. Drobnik, Downers Grove, IL (US);

Patrick Hudson Chancy, Dunwoody, GA (US);

Hoang D. Nguyen, Smyrna, GA (US);

Kathleen Davis, Atlanta, GA (US);

Assignee:

PureWick Corporation, Covington, GA (US);

Attorney:

Dorsey & Whitney LLP

Primary Examiner:

Rebecca E Eisenberg

Assistant Examiner:

Matthew Wrubleski

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 5/455 (2006.01); A61L 26/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 5/455 (2013.01); A61L 26/0009 (2013.01); A61L 26/008 (2013.01); A61L 26/0085 (2013.01);
Abstract

An example female fluid collection assembly includes a fluid impermeable barrier. The fluid impermeable barrier at least defines a chamber and an opening. The female fluid collection assembly also includes at least one porous material disposed in the chamber. The porous material extends across the opening. In an embodiment, the portion of the porous material that extends across the opening include a protrusion that extends outwardly from the opening. In an embodiment, the porous material includes at least one expandable material that is configured to expand (e.g., increase in volume) when the expandable material exposed to one or more bodily fluids (e.g., urine).

Find Patent Forward Citations

Jones, Jill. (2025). Fluid collection assemblies including at least one of a protrusion or at least one expandable material (U.S. Patent No. 12257174). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/12257174

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