US Patent Issued to PUREWICK on Nov. 18 for "Female external catheter devices having a urethral cup, and related systems and methods" (Georgia Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,472,090, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to PUREWICK Corp. (Covington, Ga.).

"Female external catheter devices having a urethral cup, and related systems and methods" was invented by James David Hughett Sr. (Conyers, Ga.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Examples relate to fluid collection devices having a urethral cup, and related systems and methods. A fluid collection device includes a funnel, a body, a chamber outlet, and a fluid permeable structure. The funnel has a mouth with an outer periphery and narrows to a base defining an opening. The body includes a proximal end region and a distal end region distal to the funnel, and defines a...