ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,458,526, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to Medline Industries LP (Northfield, Ill.).
"Urine collection device, system, and method" was invented by Saul Godinez (Chicago) and Allison Peterson (Chicago).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A urinary collection device includes an outer surface and a generally fluid-permeable core that communicates fluidically with an aspiration tube. The outer surface includes an obverse opening to allow urine to flow into the fluid-permeable core when the device is positioned supralabially. On the reverse may be an actuatable fastener configured to retain the device in a reverse-folded intralabial position. In thi...