US Patent Issued to PureWick on March 25 for "Fluid collection assemblies including at least one of a protrusion or at least one expandable material" (Georgia, Illinois Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,257,174, issued on March 25, was assigned to PureWick Corp. (Covington, Ga.).

"Fluid collection assemblies including at least one of a protrusion or at least one expandable material" was invented by Jill W. Jones (Avondale Estates, Ga.), Christopher D. Drobnik (Wauconda, Ill.), Michael W. Drobnik (Downers Grove, Ill.), Patrick Hudson Chancy (Dunwoody, Ga.), Hoang D. Nguyen (Smyrna, Ga.) and Kathleen Davis (Atlanta).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An example female fluid collection assembly includes a fluid impermeable barrier. The fluid impermeable barrier at least defines a chamber and an opening. The female fluid collection assembly als...