ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 29 -- United States Patent no. 12,208,031, issued on Jan. 28, was assigned to PureWick Corp. (Covington, Ga.).
"Adapters for fluid collection devices" was invented by Tracey E. Knapp (Snellville, Ga.) and Robert Hine (Covington, Ga.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "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 a...