US 12,433,783 B2
External female gravity-based drainage
Kristin Louise Watson, Social Circle, GA (US)
Assigned to C. R. Bard, Inc., Franklin Lakes, NJ (US)
Filed by C. R. Bard, Inc., Franklin Lakes, NJ (US)
Filed on Jun. 27, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/850,444.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/221,784, filed on Jul. 14, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0023781 A1, Jan. 26, 2023
Int. Cl. A61F 5/455 (2006.01); B65B 69/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61F 5/4556 (2013.01) [B65B 69/0016 (2013.01)] 25 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A drainage system, comprising:
a gripping body, including:
at least three finger grooves including opposing wedge-shaped grooves configured to provide an interference fit engagement with a finger placed therein; and
a funnel configured for positioning over a labia region of a female patient, the funnel disposed on a rear side of the gripping body between the opposing wedge-shaped grooves; and
a drainage tube in fluid communication with the funnel.