US 11,744,933 B2
Saliva management system
Jennifer Rebecca Altounian, White Lake, MI (US); Cheryl Sawicki, Royal Oak, MI (US); and Laura Foos, Plymouth, MI (US)
Assigned to Saliva Management Systems, Inc., Keego Harbor, MI (US)
Filed by Neavso Solutions LLC, Keego Harbor, MI (US)
Filed on Dec. 20, 2019, as Appl. No. 16/722,854.
Application 16/722,854 is a continuation in part of application No. 16/052,860, filed on Aug. 2, 2018, abandoned.
Application 16/052,860 is a continuation in part of application No. 15/373,555, filed on Dec. 9, 2016, abandoned.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/913,444, filed on Oct. 10, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/783,562, filed on Dec. 21, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/265,172, filed on Dec. 9, 2015.
Prior Publication US 2020/0214815 A1, Jul. 9, 2020
Int. Cl. A61C 17/06 (2006.01); A61M 1/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61M 1/85 (2021.05) [A61C 17/06 (2019.05); A61M 1/77 (2021.05); A61M 2202/0466 (2013.01); A61M 2205/3331 (2013.01); A61M 2210/0631 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system for managing fluid transfer with respect to first and second bodily regions, comprising:
an anchoring member having a central perimeter and configured to conformingly engage the first and second bodily regions, wherein the anchoring member includes a U-shaped, unitary anchor structure; and
a connector member including a capture portion and a fluid transfer portion, the capture portion forming a cavity around an entirety of the central perimeter of the anchoring member to provide multi-directional flow between the cavity and the entirety of the central perimeter, and the fluid transfer portion being fluidically connected to a supply source.