ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,447,042, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to PUREWICK Corp. (Covington, Ga.).

"Fluid collection assemblies including a fluid impermeable barrier having a sump and a base" was invented by Adam Martin (Holly Springs, N.C.), Melody Mei Hee Kuroda (Durham, N.C.), Nicholas Jardine (Holly Springs, N.C.) and Eric Alan Fallows (Apex, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Embodiments disclosed herein are directed to fluid collection assemblies including a fluid impermeable barrier having a sump and a base. An example fluid collection assembly includes a fluid impermeable barrier. The fluid impermeable barrier includes a sump and a base. For example,...