External fecal management system and related methods

An external fecal management system comprising:

• a wearable guardian vessel device having a border cushion that wraps around a perimeter of the wearable guardian vessel device and defines a reservoir well portion at a center of the wearable guardian vessel device;
• an interior tube positioned in the reservoir well portion that is coupled to a suctioning port that extends from the interior of the wearable guardian vessel device to an exterior of the wearable guardian vessel device, wherein the interior tube includes a central opening for receiving fecal material from a wearer, wherein the interior tube further includes a plurality of fenestration openings that surround the central opening of the interior tube, wherein the central opening and the fenestration openings are in fluidic communication with the suctioning port;
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• a mesh layer that that is positioned within the reservoir well portion and extends over the interior tube;
• wherein the wearable guardian vessel device is sized to cover an anus of a wearer and extend over a portion of a groin region of the wearer when the wearer is situated over the wearable guardian vessel device.