Patent ID: 8821466

Claim:
A device for treating accidental bowel leakage comprising: a body liner sized and configured to be placed at least partially within the intergluteal cleft, the body liner having a longitudinal axis, a body-facing surface and a rear surface opposite the body-facing surface, wherein the body liner comprises at least one adhesive region on the body-facing surface of the body liner, wherein the body liner is formed from a plurality of liquid absorbent liner layers including a top sheet, a back sheet, and a core member, wherein the top sheet has a shape comprising a first lobe on a first side of the longitudinal axis and a second lobe on a second side of the longitudinal axis, and wherein the top sheet is configured to move fluid within the top sheet at a first wicking rate in a first direction, a second wicking rate in a second direction, and a third wicking rate in a third direction, wherein the first and second directions are within a plane of the body liner, the first direction is perpendicular to the second direction, and the third direction is perpendicular to the second direction, and the third direction is perpendicular to the plane of the body liner, and wherein the top sheet is configured such that the third wicking rate in the top sheet is greater than the first and second wicking rates in the top sheet.