US 12,440,370 B2
Apparatus with compressible casing for receiving discharged urine
Kathleen Davis, Atlanta, GA (US); and Katie Grupp, Alpharetta, GA (US)
Assigned to PureWick Corporation, Covington, GA (US)
Filed by PureWick Corporation, El Cajon, CA (US)
Filed on Oct. 19, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/451,345.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/094,498, filed on Oct. 21, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0117773 A1, Apr. 21, 2022
Int. Cl. A61F 5/455 (2006.01); A61F 5/44 (2006.01); A61G 9/00 (2006.01); A61M 1/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61F 5/455 (2013.01) [A61F 5/4404 (2013.01); A61G 9/006 (2013.01); A61M 1/87 (2021.05)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A fluid collection device, comprising:
a casing defining an internal volume and partially defining an opening, the casing including a compressible material elastically deformable when the fluid collection device is disposed in a pubic region of a female user, wherein the compressible material includes a foam that is elastically deformable and has a thickness of at least about 3 mm;
a fluid impermeable housing disposed at least partially within the internal volume of the casing, the fluid impermeable housing defining a cavity and a region of the fluid impermeable housing partially defining the opening, wherein the fluid impermeable housing is separate and distinct from the casing and the internal volume of the casing is shaped substantially complementary to the fluid impermeable housing such that the casing covers the region of the fluid impermeable housing defining the opening; and
a fluid permeable material disposed at least partially within the cavity of the fluid impermeable housing such that the fluid impermeable housing is at least partially positioned between the casing and the fluid permeable material, at least a portion of the fluid permeable material protruding from within the cavity outward away from the casing and the fluid impermeable housing, and through the opening at least partially defined by the fluid impermeable housing and the casing,
wherein the casing and the fluid impermeable housing include complementary longitudinally extending edges positioned adjacent and substantially aligned with one another and defining the opening such that the opening is elongated and extends longitudinally.