US 12,138,195 B2
Fluid collection assemblies including one or more leak prevention features
Larry Dean Alder, Newborn, GA (US); Nathaniel Barnes, Covington, GA (US); Caitlin Bowles, Atlanta, GA (US); Patrick Hudson Chancy, Dunwoody, GA (US); Jingkuang Chen, Rochester, NY (US); Juan Alejandro Saavedra Cisneros, Loganville, GA (US); Brandt Davis, Milford, OH (US); Kyle Daw, Smyrna, GA (US); Rodrigo Fernandez, Loganville, GA (US); Joseph Filbrun, Cincinnati, OH (US); Jeff Edward Franklin, Hamilton, OH (US); Claire Gloeckner, Lilburn, GA (US); Ginger Hiett, Covington, GA (US); Hannah Hinesley, Monticello, GA (US); Ping Huang, Libertyville, GA (US); James David Hughett, Conyers, GA (US); Melissa Young Joyner, Stone Mountain, GA (US); Kevin Michael Knollman, West Chester, OH (US); Kuilin Lai, Watkinsville, GA (US); Michael Lambert, Cincinnati, OH (US); Henri Madigan, Monroe, GA (US); Hassana Salifu, Roswell, GA (US); Misty Savage, Mansfield, GA (US); Michelle Schnell, Hamilton, OH (US); David Simiele, Roswell, GA (US); Michelle Tourchak, Alpharetta, GA (US); Kyra Wesner, Roswell, GA (US); Mackenzie Wier, Chardon, OH (US); Wanfei Yang, Decatur, GA (US); Kelsey Leeke Melbourne, Atlanta, GA (US); and Jenny McKinnon, Covington, GA (US)
Assigned to PureWick Corporation, Covington, GA (US)
Filed by PureWick Corporation, El Cajon, CA (US)
Filed on May 10, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/662,700.
Application 17/662,700 is a continuation of application No. PCT/US2021/026607, filed on Apr. 9, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/008,112, filed on Apr. 10, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0265462 A1, Aug. 25, 2022
Int. Cl. A61F 5/453 (2006.01); A61F 5/44 (2006.01); A61F 5/455 (2006.01)
CPC A61F 5/453 (2013.01) [A61F 5/4404 (2013.01); A61F 5/455 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A fluid collection assembly for capturing one or more bodily fluids from an individual, comprising:
a fluid impermeable barrier defining:
at least one opening;
a chamber in fluid communication with the at least one opening; and
at least one fluid outlet;
at least one porous material disposed in the chamber; and
at least one conduit attached to the at least one fluid outlet, the at least one conduit including one or more walls, the one or more walls of the conduit defining and extending between an open terminal end and an outlet portion, the open terminal end disposed in the chamber and the outlet portion disposed in the at least one fluid outlet, the one or more walls defining one or more conduit inlets, the one or more conduit inlets located between the open terminal end and the outlet portion, at least a region of the one or more walls defining the open terminal end and the one or more conduit inlets exhibits single piece construction, wherein the open terminal end of the conduit has an opening that is larger than the one or more conduit inlets.