Fluid collection device, related apparatus and method of using the same
AssigneeVimadri, LLC
InventorsJoseph LOMBARDO, Alyssa Ann Varghese, Erica Arnold
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Abstract
A device for collecting fluid discharged from a vagina of a woman with the woman seated or lying on a support surface, the device including a receptacle portion for receiving the fluid and a planar portion for inserting under the woman. The receptacle portion has an angled bottom surface and a drain opening for draining fluid from the receptacle portion. Also, an apparatus containing the device and a vessel for collecting and measuring fluid drained from the vessel and a method for collecting and measuring fluid loss by a woman following birth of her child by vaginal delivery.
Claims20
A device for collecting fluid discharged from a vagina of a woman with the woman seated or lying on a support surface, the device comprising:
- a receptacle portion for receiving the fluid and a planar portion for inserting under the woman, the receptacle portion comprising (a) a bottom surface, (b) at least one wall surrounding the bottom surface, and (b) a port for draining fluid received in the receptacle portion;
- the bottom surface of the receptacle portion being contoured to guide fluid received in the receptacle portion toward the port;
- the planar portion comprising a front edge that is connected to a top edge of a rear segment of the at least one wall of the receptacle portion, the planar portion being sufficiently thin and rigid to be slid under the woman with the woman seated or lying on the support surface with her vagina disposed atop an edge of the support surface, the planar portion and the receptacle portion being configured such that, with the planar portion slid under the woman, the planar portion sits atop the support surface and is retained in place at least in part by the weight of the woman and the receptacle portion is disposable adjacent the edge of the support surface with the bottom surface of the receptacle portion under the support surface and under the vagina of the woman to receive fluid discharged from the vagina.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.