ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,285,352, issued on April 29, was assigned to PUREWICK Corp. (Covington, Ga.).

"Fluid collection devices, systems, and methods" was invented by Nick Austermann (Atlanta), Jason Iain Glithero (McDonough, Ga.) and Ashley Marie Johannes (Atlanta).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Examples relate to systems, devices, and methods for attaching a fluid collection device to a user or removing fluid collected from a user in the e fluid collection device using a vacuum source operably coupled thereto. The fluid collection devices include urine collection devices shaped to complement the female anatomy near the urethra, attach to the user with one or mo...