US 11,865,030 B2
Variable fit fluid collection devices, systems, and methods
Kathleen Davis, Atlanta, GA (US); Katie Grupp, Alpharetta, GA (US); Joanna Starkie, Cambridge (GB); Merissa Lim Sarrias, Hauxton (GB); Emily Lucy Triggs, Cambridge (GB); and Samuel Edmund Whittome, Cambridge (GB)
Assigned to PureWick Corporation, Covington, GA (US)
Filed by PureWick Corporation, El Cajon, CA (US)
Filed on May 12, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/663,046.
Application 17/663,046 is a continuation of application No. PCT/US2022/012794, filed on Jan. 18, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/138,878, filed on Jan. 19, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0339023 A1, Oct. 27, 2022
Int. Cl. A61F 5/451 (2006.01); A61F 5/44 (2006.01); A61F 5/443 (2006.01)
CPC A61F 5/451 (2013.01) [A61F 5/4401 (2013.01); A61F 5/443 (2013.01); A61F 5/4408 (2013.01)] 26 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A fluid collection device, the fluid collection device comprising:
a fluid impermeable barrier defining an interior chamber therein, an aperture, and an opening through which the interior chamber is accessible;
a porous material disposed in the interior chamber;
a conduit fluidly connected to the interior chamber and extending through the aperture, wherein the porous material define a space that accommodates the conduit; and
a retention means for retaining positioning of the fluid collection device with respect to a wearer, the retention means at least one of:
disposed in or on the conduit, the retention means disposed in or on the conduit disposed only in the space defined by the porous material;
including a plurality of fibers disposed between an inner tubing and an outer tube, the plurality fibers configured to move pass each other when the inner tubing and the outer tubing is bent;
including a resilient foam that is compressible, the resilient foam forming at least a portion of the porous material; or
including labial flanges defined by the fluid impermeable barrier, the labial flanges include at least semi-rigid longitudinally extending flanges having valleys sized and shaped to at least partially accommodate labia therein.