Patent ID: 11938054
Assignee: PUREWICK CORPORATION
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 9:
10. A bodily waste collection system, comprising:
at least one fluid storage container configured to hold a fluid;
a bodily waste collection apparatus including:
a sacral pad including an adhesive disposed on a wearer-facing side thereof; and
a bodily waste collection device attached to a lower portion of the sacral pad and positioned to receive bodily waste from the anus of a wearer, the bodily waste collection device including:
a fluid impermeable casing defining an interior region therein and defining an opening through which the interior region communicates with an external environment;
a permeable material at least partially disposed in the interior region and extending across at least a portion of the opening; and
a conduit disposed within the bodily waste collection device; and

at least one vacuum source fluidly connected to the at least one fluid storage container via the conduit, the at least one vacuum source configured to draw fluid into the at least one fluid storage container from the bodily waste collection device via the conduit.