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US 12,575,961 B2Granted
Fluid collection devices, systems, and methods
AssigneePurewick Corporation
InventorJason Iain Glithero
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Abstract
Examples relate to systems, devices, and methods for removing fluid from a fluid collection device using a portable vacuum source operably coupled thereto. The fluid collection devices include urine collection devices shaped to complement the female or male anatomy near the respective urethras and the vacuum source is operably coupled to the fluid collection device via one or more sections of conduit.
Claims19
A urine collection system, comprising:
- a fluid storage container configured to hold a fluid;
- a wearable urine collection device in fluid communication with the fluid storage container, the urine collection device including:
- a fluid impermeable barrier at least partially defining a chamber, the fluid impermeable barrier also defining an opening extending therethrough, the opening configured to be positioned adjacent to a female urethra or have a male urethra positioned therethrough;
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- a conduit including an inlet and an outlet, the inlet being positioned within the urine collection device and the outlet is configured to be in fluid communication with the fluid storage container;
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- a portable vacuum source in fluid communication with the fluid storage container, wherein the portable vacuum source is disposed within the fluid impermeable barrier of the urine collection device and the portable vacuum source is configured to draw liquid from the urine collection device;
- wherein the conduit includes a first portion extending and connected to the portable vacuum source from outside of the fluid impermeable barrier and a second portion extending from and connected to the portable vacuum source within the fluid impermeable barrier with the inlet positioned in the chamber.
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A method to collect urine, the method comprising:
- positioning an opening of a wearable urine collection device adjacent to a female urethra or around a male urethra, the opening defined by a fluid impermeable barrier of the urine collection device;
- receiving urine from the female urethra or the male urethra into a chamber of the urine collection device, the chamber of the urine collection device at least partially defined by the fluid impermeable barrier;
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- applying suction with a portable vacuum source disposed within the fluid impermeable barrier of the urine collection device effective to suction liquid from the chamber via a conduit disposed therein and in fluid communication with the portable vacuum source, wherein the conduit includes a first portion extending and connected to the portable vacuum source from outside of the fluid impermeable barrier and a second portion extending from and connected to the portable vacuum source within the fluid impermeable barrier with an inlet positioned in the chamber.
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A urine collection system, comprising:
- a fluid storage container configured to hold a fluid;
- a wearable urine collection device in fluid communication with the fluid storage container, the urine collection device including:
- a fluid impermeable barrier at least partially defining a chamber, the fluid impermeable barrier also defining an opening configured to be positioned adjacent to a female urethra or have a male urethra positioned therethrough;
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- a conduit including an inlet and an outlet, the outlet being in fluid communication with the fluid storage container and the inlet being positioned in a portion of the chamber selected to be at a gravimetrically low point of the urine collection device when worn by a user;
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- a portable vacuum source in fluid communication with the fluid storage container via the conduit, wherein the portable vacuum source is disposed within the fluid impermeable barrier of the fluid collection device and is configured to draw liquid from the urine collection device via the conduit;
- wherein the conduit includes a first portion extending and connected to the portable vacuum source from outside of the fluid impermeable barrier and a second portion extending from and connected to the portable vacuum source within the fluid impermeable barrier with the inlet positioned in the chamber.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.