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Granted Patent B2
US 12,208,031 · App. 17/450,864 · Granted Jan 28, 2025

Adapters for fluid collection devices

Inventors: Tracey E. Knapp (Snellville, GA); Robert Hine (Covington, GA)
Assignee: PureWick Corporation
A61F5/4556A61F5/4404A61F5/453A61M1/60A61M2210/1092A61M2210/1096
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Patent No.
US 12,208,031
App. No.
17/450,864
Granted
Jan 28, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

Examples relate to fluid collection assemblies, systems, and methods for collecting fluid from a wearer of the fluid collection assembly. The fluid collection assemblies include a fluid collection device attachable to an adapter. The fluid collection device includes porous material disposed within a fluid impermeable barrier. The adapter includes an interfacing body having at least one orifice and at least one attachment feature for attaching the adapter to the fluid collection device such that the porous material is fluidly connected to the at least one orifice. A fluid collection system includes a fluid collection device operably coupled to a fluid storage container and vacuum source via one or more sections of conduit.

Claims (42)

1. A fluid collection assembly, comprising:

a fluid collection device, including:

a fluid impermeable barrier having an outer surface and an inner surface, the outer surface exhibiting a generally cylindrical shape and having two opposing convex ends, the inner surface at least partially defining a chamber, the fluid impermeable barrier also defining an opening extending therethrough and an aperture configured to receive a conduit, the opening configured to be positioned adjacent to a urethra, the fluid impermeable barrier exhibiting a longitudinal axis; and

a porous material at least partially disposed in the chamber;

the conduit partially received in the aperture; and

an adapter attachable to the fluid collection device, the adapter including:

an interfacing body longitudinally extending along the fluid impermeable barrier, the interfacing body having at least one orifice extending longitudinally along a central region of the interfacing body and tabs extending laterally away from the at least one orifice, the central region including an interior surface at least partially exhibiting a generally cylindrical shape; and

at least one attachment feature configured to at least temporarily attach the interfacing body to the fluid impermeable barrier with the opening being fluidly connected to the at least one orifice, wherein the at least one attachment feature is operably coupled to the interfacing body, the at least one attachment feature including two endcaps defining a slot extending therethrough, the two endcaps including a concave interior surface configured to receive and abut the two opposing convex ends of the fluid impermeable barrier, at least a portion of the slot exhibiting a size that generally corresponds to a size of at least one of the aperture or the conduit; and

wherein a portion of the conduit extending through the aperture and the slot is generally parallel to the longitudinal axis of the fluid impermeable barrier.

2. The fluid collection assembly of claim 1 wherein the porous material includes:

a fluid permeable membrane disposed within the chamber and extending across the opening; and

a fluid permeable support disposed within the chamber beneath the fluid permeable membrane.

3. The fluid collection assembly of claim 1 , wherein the conduit includes an inlet and an outlet, the inlet being positioned within the fluid collection device and the outlet is configured to be fluidly connected to a fluid storage container.

4. The fluid collection assembly of claim 2 wherein:

the fluid impermeable barrier and one or more of the fluid permeable membrane or the fluid permeable support define a reservoir therebetween; and

the inlet is disposed in the reservoir.

5. The fluid collection assembly of claim 1 wherein the tabs include a substantially flat interfacing surface for interfacing with a wearer's skin.

6. The fluid collection assembly of claim 5 wherein the interfacing body includes a sump surface defining the at least one orifice and the substantially flat interfacing surface surrounds and is offset from the sump surface.

7. The fluid collection assembly of claim 1 wherein the at least one attachment feature includes an at least partial enclosure defining a cavity sized and shaped to receive the fluid impermeable barrier having the porous material at least partially disposed therein.

8. The fluid collection assembly of claim 7 wherein the one or more endcaps are sized and shaped to retain a first end and a second end of the fluid impermeable barrier therein.

9. The fluid collection assembly of claim 1 wherein the at least one attachment feature includes at least one strap.

10. A fluid collection system, comprising:

a fluid storage container configured to hold a fluid;

a fluid collection device, including:

a fluid impermeable barrier having an outer surface and an inner surface, the outer surface exhibiting a generally cylindrical shape and having two opposing convex ends, the inner surface at least partially defining a chamber, the fluid impermeable barrier also defining an opening extending therethrough and an aperture configured to receive a conduit, the opening configured to be positioned adjacent to a urethra, the fluid impermeable barrier exhibiting a longitudinal axis; and

a porous material at least partially disposed in the chamber; and

an adapter attached to the fluid collection device, the adapter including:

an interfacing body longitudinally extending along the fluid impermeable barrier, the interfacing body having at least one orifice extending longitudinally along a central region of the interfacing body and tabs extending laterally away from the at least one orifice, the central region including an interior surface at least partially exhibiting a generally cylindrical shape; and

at least one attachment feature configured to at least temporarily attach the interfacing body to the fluid impermeable barrier with the opening being fluidly connected to the at least one orifice, wherein the at least one attachment feature is operably coupled to the interfacing body, the at least one attachment feature including one or moretwo endcaps defining a slot extending therethrough, the two endcaps including a concave interior surface configured to receive and abut the two opposing convex ends of the fluid impermeable barrier, at least a portion of the slot exhibiting a size that generally corresponds to a size of at least one of the aperture or the conduit;

the conduit including an inlet and an outlet, the outlet being fluidly coupled to the fluid storage container and the inlet being positioned in the chamber, wherein a portion of the conduit extending through the aperture and the slot is generally parallel to the longitudinal axis of the fluid impermeable barrier; and

a vacuum source fluidly coupled to one or more of the fluid storage container or the fluid collection device via the conduit, the vacuum source configured to draw fluid from the fluid collection device via the conduit.

11. The fluid collection system of claim 10 wherein the tabs include a substantially flat interfacing surface for interfacing with a wearer's skin.

12. The fluid collection system of claim 11 wherein the interfacing body includes a sump surface defining the at least one orifice and the substantially flat interfacing surface surrounds, and is offset from, the sump surface.

13. The fluid collection system of claim 10 wherein the at least one attachment feature includes an at least partial enclosure defining a cavity sized and shaped to receive the fluid impermeable barrier having the porous material at least partially disposed therein.

14. The fluid collection system of claim 10 wherein the at least one attachment feature includes at least one strap.

15. The fluid collection system of claim 10 wherein the vacuum source includes one or more of a vacuum pump, a vacuum line, or a hand pump.

16. The fluid collection system of claim 10 wherein the fluid storage container includes one or more of a canister or a bag.

17. The fluid collection assembly of claim 1 , wherein the slot includes a gap, a hole, a space, or a cut-out.

18. The fluid collection assembly of claim 1 , wherein the adaptor includes an enclosure including an innermost surface defining a cavity, at least substantially all of the innermost surface sized and shaped to directly contact the outer surface of the fluid impermeable barrier when the fluid collection device is received in the cavity.

19. The fluid collection system of claim 10 , wherein the adaptor includes an enclosure including an innermost surface defining a cavity, at least substantially all of the innermost surface sized and shaped to directly contact the outer surface of the fluid impermeable barrier when the fluid collection device is received in the cavity.

20. The fluid collection assembly of claim 1 , wherein the slot extends completely through the one or more endcaps, a maximum dimension of the slot extending generally perpendicularly to the longitudinal axis, the slot extending generally way from and open to an elongated opening that is configured to receive substantiallyall of the fluid collection device, wherein the at least one orifice includes the elongated opening.

21. The fluid collection assembly of claim 1 , wherein the slot extends completely through the one or more endcaps, a maximum dimension of the s lot extending generally perpendicularly to the longitudinal axis, the slot extending generally way from and open to an elongated opening that is configured to receive substantially all of the fluid collection device, wherein the elongated opening is spaced from the at least one orifice.

Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 63094464 · Oct 21, 2020
Related Publication 20220118165A1 · Apr 21, 2022
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