Non-invasive fluid collection device for improved fluid collection for ambulatory users

A fluid collection system, comprising:

• a fluid collection device configured to be positioned at least proximate a urethra of a female user, the fluid collection device comprising:
• a fluid impermeable enclosure including a cross-section having a raised boundary having a single continuous hourglass-shaped outer contour extending around a periphery of the fluid collection device that includes a single continuous convex contact surface positioned to contact the female user, the fluid impermeable enclosure including an inner surface, the inner surface including a first portion and a second portion at least partially enclosed by the first portion, the fluid impermeable enclosure defining an aperture in an intermediate region of the fluid impermeable enclosure;
• a fluid permeable membrane;
• a reservoir at least partially defined by the fluid impermeable enclosure and the fluid permeable membrane, the reservoir configured to receive fluid discharged from the user through the fluid permeable membrane;
• a porous body including an upper surface including discrete holes and a lower surface contacting the first portion of the inner surface of the fluid impermeable enclosure, the porous body disposed in the reservoir;
• and
• a drain tube in fluid communication with the reservoir and the porous body via the aperture, the drain tube positioned at a gravimetrically low point in the fluid collection device and configured to drain the fluid that flows through the porous body;
• wherein the second portion of the inner surface partially defines a substantially unoccupied space between the second portion and the porous body, the aperture adjacent to the substantially unoccupied space;
• and
• wherein the porous body is spaced from the fluid impermeable membrane, and the porous body and the fluid permeable membrane define an additional unoccupied spaced therebetween
• a vacuum source configured to draw fluid from the fluid collection device by applying at least a partial suction force to the reservoir of the fluid collection device;
• and
• a fluid collection container in fluid communication with the drain tube.

A fluid collection device configured to be positioned at least proximate a urethra of a female user, the fluid collection device comprising:

• a fluid impermeable enclosure exhibiting a planar hourglass-shaped outer contour including a cross-section having a single continuous convex contact surface positioned around a single continuous wall portion located at the periphery configured to contact a female user;
• a fluid permeable membrane;
• a reservoir at least partially defined by the fluid impermeable enclosure and the fluid permeable membrane, the reservoir configured to receive fluid discharged from the user through the fluid permeable membrane;
• a porous body including an upper surface including holes and a lower surface contacting an inner surface of the fluid impermeable enclosure, the porous body disposed in the reservoir;
• and
• a drain tube connected to an intermediate region of the fluid impermeable enclosure with a connector, the drain tube in fluid communication with the reservoir and the porous body, the connector located at an intermediate region of the fluid impermeable enclosure such that the drain tube is in fluid communication with the porous body, the drain tube positioned at the gravimetrically low point in the fluid collection device and configured to drain the fluid that flows through the porous body;
• wherein at least a majority of the fluid permeable membrane partially defines a substantially unoccupied space between the fluid permeable membrane and the porous body;
• and
• wherein the porous body is spaced from the fluid impermeable membrane, and the porous body and the fluid permeable membrane define an additional unoccupied spaced therebetween.