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

Claim 0:
1. A fluid collection device, comprising:
a fluid impermeable barrier at least partially defining a chamber, the fluid impermeable barrier also defining an opening extending therethrough, the opening configured to be positioned adjacent to a female urethra or have a male urethra positioned therethrough; and
a single channel that is distinct from the fluid impermeable barrier, the single channel defining and extending between an inlet and an outlet, the outlet positioned downstream from the inlet, the inlet including an inlet connector configured to be in fluid communication with a gas source and the outlet including an outlet connector configured to be in fluid communication with a fluid storage container, the single channel defining 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 the passageway positioned between the inlet and the outlet;
wherein the single channel is configured, responsive to flowing gas from the gas source from the inlet to the outlet, to at least one of:
suction fluids from the chamber into the single channel via the at least one aperture or passageway formed in the single channel; or
push the fluids that enter the single channel via the at least one aperture or passageway from the chamber towards the outlet.