US 12,268,372 B2
Oral fluids collection device and method
Curt Binner, Furlong, PA (US); and Alexandru Paunescu, Clinton, NJ (US)
Assigned to Kenvue Brands LLC, Summit, NJ (US)
Filed by Johnson & Johnson Consumer Inc., Skillman, NJ (US)
Filed on Sep. 27, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/448,904.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/088,582, filed on Oct. 7, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0104795 A1, Apr. 7, 2022
Int. Cl. A61B 10/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 10/0051 (2013.01) 27 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An oral fluids collection device comprising:
(a) a shield having a first face and a second face;
(b) an elastomeric nipple having an outer surface and defining a nipple interior extending from the first face of the shield;
(c) a reservoir component extending from the second face of the shield comprising a reservoir having a reservoir interior;
(d) a first fluid conduit having a first one-way valve operatively connecting and permitting flow from the nipple interior to an atmospheric vent port disposed on an exterior surface of the oral fluids collection device;
(e) a second fluid conduit having a second one-way valve operatively connecting and permitting flow from the reservoir interior to the nipple interior; and
(f) a third fluid conduit having a third one-way valve operatively connecting and permitting flow from a collection port disposed on the outer surface of the nipple to an exit port in the reservoir interior.