ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,465,514, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to PureWick Corp. (Covington, Ga.).

"Fluid collection devices, systems, and methods securing a protruding portion in position for use" was invented by Eric Alan Fallows (Apex, N.C.), Melody Mei Hee Kuroda (Durham, N.C.), Adam Martin (Holly Springs, N.C.), Nicholas Jardine (Holly Springs, N.C.), Florence Stevenson (Baltimore), Michael Bielawa (Baltimore), Brian Murphy (Baltimore), David R. Schiff (Highland Park, N.J.), Sharon D. West (Norristown, Pa.), Vladlena Belozerova (Philadelphia), Breanna Stachowski (El Cajon, Calif.), Justin Bechstein (Philadelphia) and Trisha Eckard (Warminster, Pa.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Pat...