Materials and methods of manufacturing related to apparatus for collecting urine

A device for collecting urine comprising:

• a permeable core assembly comprising:
• a tubular fluid permeable core having a cylindrical external surface;
• a fluid permeable wicking cover disposed on the external surface of the tubular fluid permeable core;
• an elongated, capsular-shaped, fluid impermeable housing having a reservoir at a lower end, an outlet port at an upper end, and an elongated window extending at least partially between the lower end and the upper end, the core assembly received within the housing such that the core assembly is disposed within and extends across the elongated window;
• and
• a suction tube assembly extending through an interior of the core assembly and having a first end disposed in the reservoir and a second end exiting the housing through the outlet port, the suction tube assembly comprising,
• an elongated shape retention element having rounded terminal ends, and
• a suction tube body having a suction lumen providing a suction path from a first end thereof to a second end thereof, and a second shape retention lumen receiving the elongated shape retention element therein.