US Patent Issued to Sage Products on Dec. 30 for "Fecal collection systems and methods" (Illinois Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,508,153, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to Sage Products LLC (Cary, Ill.).

"Fecal collection systems and methods" was invented by Kristin M. Sexton (Cary, Ill.), Catherine S. Boulos (Vernon Hills, Ill.) and Brian J. Ecklund (McHenry, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In an example, a fecal collection system includes a user interface assembly, a drainage conduit, and a collection reservoir. The user interface assembly includes a user interface and an applicator. The user interface has a proximal side and a distal side. The proximal side is configured to couple to skin of a user. The applicator is coupled to the distal side of the user ...