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US 12,558,472 B2Granted
Portable fluid collection systems with storage and related methods
AssigneePurewick Corporation
InventorsSerena Agrawal, Adam Martin, Stephanie Metzger, Gina Whitlock
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Abstract
Examples relate to devices, systems, and methods for fluid collection, such as fluid. A portable fluid collection system may include a fluid collection container, a pump in fluid communication with the fluid collection container, a battery operatively coupled to the pump, and a pack. The pack may be sized and dimensioned to include at least the pump, the battery, and the fluid collection container therein. The pump may be configured to pull a vacuum on an interior region of the fluid collection container effective to draw fluid from a fluid collection device into the fluid collection container.
Claims27
A portable fluid collection system, comprising:
- a fluid collection container;
- a pump in fluid communication with the fluid collection container configured to pull an at least partial vacuum on an interior region of the fluid collection container effective to draw fluid from a fluid collection device through a tube and into the fluid collection container;
- a battery operatively coupled to the pump;
- and
- a pack sized and dimensioned to include at least the pump, the battery, and the fluid collection container therein, the pack including an aperture;
- wherein the tube traverses from an exterior to an interior of the pack through the aperture,
- wherein the pack includes an upper compartment and a lower compartment selectively removable from the upper compartment,
- wherein the upper compartment includes a first region sized and dimensioned to hold the fluid collection container therein, a second compartment sized and dimensioned to hold the fluid collection device and the tube therein, and a divider separating the first region from the second region,
- wherein the lower compartment is sized and dimensioned to hold at least the pump and a battery coupled to the pump, and
- wherein, when secured together, the upper compartment and the lower compartment are separated by a moisture resistant material.
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A portable fluid collection system, comprising:
- a fluid collection device configured to be positioned at least proximate to a urethra of a user;
- a first tube in fluid communication with the fluid collection device;
- a fluid collection container;
- a pump in fluid communication with the fluid collection container and configured to pull an at least partial vacuum on an interior region of the fluid collection container effective to draw fluid from the fluid collection device through the first tube into the fluid collection container;
- a battery operatively coupled to the pump;
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- a pack configured to hold at least the pump, the battery, and the fluid collection container therein, the pack including an aperture;
- wherein the first tube traverses from an exterior to an interior of the pack through the aperture,
- wherein the pack includes an upper compartment and a lower compartment selectively removable from the upper compartment,
- wherein the upper compartment includes a first region sized and dimensioned to hold the fluid collection container therein, a second compartment sized and dimensioned to hold the fluid collection device and the first tube therein, and a divider separating the first region from the second region,
- wherein the lower compartment is sized and dimensioned to hold at least the pump and a battery coupled to the pump, and
- wherein, when secured together, the upper compartment and the lower compartment are separated by a moisture resistant material.
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A method of assembling a portable fluid collection system, the method comprising:
- positioning a fluid collection device at least proximate to a urethra of a user;
- fluidly coupling the fluid collection device to a fluid collection container with a first tube;
- placing a pump in fluid communication with the fluid collection container configured to pull an at least partial vacuum on the interior region of the fluid collection container effective to draw fluid from the fluid collection device through the first tube into the fluid collection container;
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- detachably coupling a pack to a wheelchair, wherein the pack includes an upper compartment and a lower compartment selectively removable from the upper compartment,
- wherein the upper compartment includes a first region sized and dimensioned to hold the fluid collection container therein, a second compartment holding the fluid collection device and the tube therein, and a divider separating the first region from the second region,
- wherein the lower compartment holds at least the pump and a battery therein,
- wherein, when secured together, the upper compartment and the lower compartment are separated by a moisture resistant material, and
- wherein the pack includes an aperture and the first tube traverses from an exterior to an interior of the pack through the aperture.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.