US 12,478,499 B2
Wheelchair securable urine collection systems and related methods
Hoang Nguyen, Lawrenceville, GA (US); Charles Shermer, Raleigh, NC (US); Katherine Van Orden, Decatur, GA (US); Camie L. Meller, Covington, GA (US); Eric Alan Fallows, Apex, NC (US); Eric Portante, Wake Forest, NC (US); Hersh Patel, Atlanta, GA (US); Melody Kuroda, Durham, NC (US); Melissa Young Joyner, Stone Mountain, GA (US); Dana Ahmad Abdelal, Marietta, GA (US); Vinayaka Kulkarni, Bangalore (IN); Audrey Tomchek, Erie, CO (US); and Patrick Hudson Chancy, Dunwoody, GA (US)
Assigned to PureWick Corporation, Covington, GA (US)
Appl. No. 18/260,122
Filed by PureWick Corporation, Covington, GA (US)
PCT Filed Jan. 6, 2022, PCT No. PCT/US2022/011421
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jun. 30, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/150463, PCT Pub. Date Jul. 14, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/134,631, filed on Jan. 7, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2024/0082044 A1, Mar. 14, 2024
Int. Cl. A61F 5/44 (2006.01); A61F 5/441 (2006.01); A61G 5/00 (2006.01); A61G 5/10 (2006.01)
CPC A61F 5/4404 (2013.01) [A61F 5/4401 (2013.01); A61F 5/441 (2013.01); A61G 5/1002 (2013.01)] 34 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A portable urine collection system, comprising:
a urine collection device configured to be positioned at least proximate to a urethra of a user;
a first conduit in fluid communication with the urine collection device;
a urine collection container having an interior region;
a nanofiber membrane positioned or positionable within the urine collection container and configured to absorb the urine entering the urine collection container from the urine collection device; and
a container support configured to detachably secure to a wheelchair and support at least the urine collection container.