Patent ID: 8697936
Filing Date: 2014-04-15
Classification: A61F,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A fluid management device for use in a mammalian body, the device comprising at least one fluid transport element capable of interfacing with a body element to provide a substantially uninterrupted fluid conduit to a fluid storage element in fluid communication therewith; wherein the fluid transport element comprises at least a sheet-like first plate having an outwardly oriented surface and an inwardly oriented surface and a sheet-like second plate coupled to the first plate; that has a first surface disposed and maintained in facing relationship with the inwardly oriented surface of the first plate and an opposite surface, and a distal portion of the at least one fluid transport element is capable of extending away from the fluid storage element, wherein the first and second plates comprise a nonwoven material treated to form a smooth surface, at least on the inwardly oriented surface of the first plate and on the first surface of the second plate, whereby the first and second plates are capable of separating to provide inter-plate capillary action.