US 12,257,173 B2
Apparatus and methods for receiving discharged urine
Raymond J. Newton, Bonsall, CA (US); Ashley Marie Johannes, Atlanta, GA (US); and Jason Iain Glithero, McDonough, GA (US)
Assigned to PUREWICK CORPORATION, Covington, GA (US)
Appl. No. 16/478,180
Filed by PUREWICK CORPORATION, El Cajon, CA (US)
PCT Filed Jan. 30, 2018, PCT No. PCT/US2018/015968
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jul. 16, 2019,
PCT Pub. No. WO2018/144463, PCT Pub. Date Aug. 9, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/452,437, filed on Jan. 31, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2019/0365561 A1, Dec. 5, 2019
Int. Cl. A61F 5/453 (2006.01); A61F 5/44 (2006.01); A61F 5/443 (2006.01); A61F 5/445 (2006.01); A61F 13/15 (2006.01); A61M 25/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61F 5/453 (2013.01) [A61F 5/4404 (2013.01); A61F 5/4405 (2013.01); A61F 5/443 (2013.01); A61F 5/445 (2013.01); A61F 13/15 (2013.01); A61F 5/4401 (2013.01); A61F 2013/15146 (2013.01); A61M 25/0017 (2013.01)] 27 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A urine collecting assembly, comprising:
a body defining an open proximal end and a distal end, the body including a sheath, the sheath including a fluid impermeable layer;
a sump attached to at least the fluid impermeable layer of the sheath;
a fluid reservoir within the interior region of the body and defined by at least a portion of the fluid impermeable layer;
a fluid outlet in fluid communication with the reservoir; and
a stabilization accessory attached or attachable to the body, the stabilization accessory including a base portion defining an opening extending through the base portion, the opening located off center on the base portion to form a primary attachment portion and a secondary attachment portion, the primary attachment portion and the secondary attachment portion configured to attach the stabilization accessory to a region about the user's penis, the primary attachment portion exhibits a surface area that is larger than a surface area of the secondary attachment portion, the base portion including an adhesive configured to be attached to the region about the user's penis, the base portion exhibiting a maximum length and a maximum width, the maximum width measured perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the body, the maximum length is measured perpendicular to and is greater than the maximum width, and wherein the primary attachment portion includes the maximum width and at least a portion of the primary attachment portion including the maximum width is spaced from the opening, wherein a minimum width of the stabilization accessory is on an opposite side of the opening from the at least a portion of the primary attachment portion including the maximum width;
wherein at least the body is configured to be disposed with a penis of the user disposed through the open proximal end with an urethral opening of the penis disposed within the reservoir;
wherein the body is configured to receive urine discharged from the urethral opening into the reservoir, and to have the urine withdrawn from the reservoir via the outlet.