ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,458,525, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to PureWick Corp. (Covington, Ga.).
"Acoustic silencer for a urine suction system" was invented by Tony Garvey (Listowel, Ireland), Meghan Caracciola (Washington), Padraig Fogarty (Ballina-Killaloe, Ireland) and Tamika Richardson (Schenectady, N.Y.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An example urine suction device suitable for extracting urine from a urine collection device is disclosed. The suction device can include a motor, a pump driven by the motor, a conduit, and an acoustic silencer. The pump can extract urine from a urine collection device. The acoustic silencer can be in fluid communication wit...