ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,171,685, issued on Dec. 24, was assigned to PureWick Corp. (Covington, Ga.).
"Apparatus and methods for receiving discharged urine" was invented by Robert A. Sanchez (Riverton, Utah), Camille R. Newton (Bonsall, Calif.), Joseph M. Forehand (La Mesa, Calif.) and Raymond J. Newton (Bonsall, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system suitable for collecting and transporting urine away from the body of a person or animal may include an assembly having a fluid impermeable casing having a fluid reservoir at a first end, a fluid outlet at a second end, and a longitudinally extending fluid impermeable layer coupled to the fluid reservoir and...