Body fluid collection system
OwnerJoseph DiPalma, Cornelis Bosselaar +1inventors
InventorsJoseph DiPalma, Cornelis Bosselaar, Daniel Ellingson
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Abstract
A fluid collection device for collecting body fluids from a user includes a fluid director having a trough formed at least in part from a flexible material. The trough has a generally open inlet defined at least in part by a peripheral rim adapted to contact the body of the user and an outlet. A fluid receptacle is connected to the fluid director adjacent the outlet. In one embodiment, the fluid receptacle includes an absorbent material. In one aspect, the fluid director includes at least one attachment device spaced from the fluid receptacle and which is adapted to releasably secure the fluid director to at least one of the body of the user and an undergarment worn by the user.
Claims20
A fluid collection device for collecting body fluids from a user, the collection device comprising:
- a fluid director comprising a trough formed at least in part from a flexible material, wherein said material has a bending stiffness of equal to or less than about 3.00 gf cm2/cm, said trough having a generally open inlet defined at least in part by a peripheral rim adapted to contact the body of the user and an outlet;
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- a fluid receptacle connected to said fluid director adjacent said outlet.
A fluid collection device for collecting body fluids from a user, the collection device comprising:
- an absorbent element comprising an absorbent material and a fluid impervious backsheet;
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- a fluid director comprising a trough formed at least in part from a flexible material, said trough having a generally open inlet defined at least in part by a peripheral rim portion adapted to contact the body of the user and an outlet, said fluid director connected to said absorbent element adjacent said outlet, said fluid director further comprising at least one attachment device spaced from said absorbent element and adapted to releasably secure said fluid director to at least one of a body of the user and an undergarment worn by the user, said at least one attachment device comprising a releasable engagement portion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.