Patent ID: 11944740
Assignee: PUREWICK CORPORATION
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 11:
12. A method to collect fluid, the method comprising:
positioning an opening of a fluid collection device adjacent to a female urethra or around a male urethra, the opening defined by a fluid impermeable barrier of the fluid collection device;
receiving fluids from the female urethra or the male urethra into a chamber of the fluid collection device, the chamber of the fluid collection device at least partially defined by the fluid impermeable barrier; and
flowing gas from a gas source from an inlet to an outlet of a single channel of the fluid collection device that is effective to at least one of:
suction the fluids into the single channel from the chamber via at least one aperture or passageway formed in the single channel; or
push the fluids that enters the single channel via the at least one aperture or passageway towards the outlet;
wherein the channel extending from the inlet to the outlet and the at least one aperture or the passageway are positioned between the inlet and the outlet;
wherein the single channel is distinct from the fluid impermeable barrier, the single channel defining and extending between the inlet and the outlet, the outlet positioned downsream from the inlet, the inlet including an inlet connector in fluid communication with the gas source and the outlet including an outlet connector configured to in fluid communication with a fluid storage container, the single channel defining the at least one aperture or passageway that allows an interior of the single channel to be in fluid communication with the chamber, the at least one aperture or passageway positioned between the inlet and the outlet.