US 12,064,372 B2
Female external urinary device and assembly
Saul Godinez, Chicago, IL (US); David S. Noskowicz, Spring Grove, IL (US); Sarah Dickinson, Glen Ellyn, IL (US); and Becca Covode, Chicago, IL (US)
Assigned to Medline Industries, LP, Northfield, IL (US)
Filed by Medline Industries, LP, Northfield, IL (US)
Filed on Aug. 8, 2019, as Appl. No. 16/535,590.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/716,543, filed on Aug. 9, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2020/0046544 A1, Feb. 13, 2020
Int. Cl. A61F 5/455 (2006.01); A61B 10/00 (2006.01); A61F 5/44 (2006.01); A61F 5/451 (2006.01); A61F 5/48 (2006.01); A61G 9/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61F 5/455 (2013.01) [A61B 10/007 (2013.01); A61F 5/4408 (2013.01); A61F 5/451 (2013.01); A61F 5/48 (2013.01); A61G 9/006 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A urinary device assembly including:
an upper core layer including a body portion and an array of apertures disposed through the body portion, the upper core layer having a guide that at least partially extends from an upper surface of the upper core about the array of apertures,
a lower core layer disposed in at least partial engagement with the upper core layer, and
a collector body insert disposed between the upper core layer and the lower core layer in at least partial alignment with the array of apertures, the collector body insert including a body structure separate from the upper core layer and the lower core layer, the body structure forming a closed-loop U-shaped collector channel having continuous closed inner and outer walls that extend continuously about the body structure on opposite sides of individual apertures of the array of apertures, the inner and outer walls engaging a lower surface of the upper core about the collector body insert, the continuous closed inner lateral loop wall forming a central opening of the collector body insert therebetween that extends through the collector body insert; and
a tube secured to the collector body insert to direct fluid away from the collector body insert.