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

Claim 15:
16. A method for collecting bodily waste, the method comprising:
positioning a bodily waste collection apparatus on a wearer, the 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;

receiving liquid waste in the bodily waste collection device; and
removing at least some of the liquid waste from the bodily waste collection device via the conduit.