US 11,890,221 B2
Devices and systems for urine collection
Daniel R. Ulreich, Cary, IL (US); Brett C. Blabas, Naperville, IL (US); Kristin M. Sexton, Cary, IL (US); Catherine S. Boulos, Vernon Hills, IL (US); and Britt O'Halloran, Crystal Lake, IL (US)
Assigned to Sage Products, LLC, Cary, IL (US)
Filed by Sage Products LLC, Cary, IL (US)
Filed on Sep. 7, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/013,822.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/897,058, filed on Sep. 6, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2021/0069008 A1, Mar. 11, 2021
Int. Cl. A61F 5/455 (2006.01); A61F 5/441 (2006.01); A61F 5/443 (2006.01)
CPC A61F 5/455 (2013.01) [A61F 5/441 (2013.01); A61F 5/443 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A urine collection device, comprising:
a covering defining a recessed receptacle, wherein the covering comprises an upper peripheral edge;
a fluid collection assembly positioned in the recessed receptacle defined by the covering, wherein the fluid collection assembly comprises:
a foam sleeve comprising a bore extending from a first end of the foam sleeve to a second end of the foam sleeve,
a shape retaining element positioned in the bore of the foam sleeve, wherein the shape retaining element is configured to conform the fluid collection assembly to a curved configuration for placement against a body of a user and maintain the curved configuration of the fluid collection assembly until the curved configuration is adjusted, wherein the shape retaining element defines a passage extending between a distal end of the shape retaining element and a proximal end of the shape retaining element,
a tube extending through the passage defined by the shape retaining element; and
a top sheet coupled to the upper peripheral edge of the covering,
wherein the top sheet and the covering define an internal chamber of the urine collection device,
wherein a distal end of the covering defines a distal end of the internal chamber,
wherein the top sheet extends above and across the recessed receptacle of the covering such that the top sheet defines a top of the internal chamber, and
wherein the top sheet is configured to draw urine into the internal chamber and toward the fluid collection assembly.