FLUID COLLECTION DEVICES, SYSTEMS AND METHODS

• Main Authors: Johannes, Ashley Marie, Whittome, Samuel Edmund, Mitchell, Martyn, Win, Leanne Yip Heung
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 24.08.2023
• Subjects: BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS; DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF,TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, E.G. STENTS; FILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS; FIRST-AID KITS; FOMENTATION; HUMAN NECESSITIES; HYGIENE; MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES; PROSTHESES; TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS

A fluid collection device may include a fluid impermeable barrier and a fluid permeable body in some examples. The fluid impermeable barrier includes an inner surface at least partially defining a chamber. The fluid impermeable barrier also defines an opening to the chamber extending longitudinally along the fluid impermeable barrier. The chamber may be configured to accept a fluid permeable body. The fluid permeable body may be at least partially exposed by the opening defined by the fluid impermeable barrier and configured to wick fluid from a surface of the fluid permeable body into the chamber. In some examples, the fluid permeable body may include a fluid permeable membrane and a fluid permeable support. In some examples, the fluid permeable membrane may be omitted. In some examples, the fluid permeable support may include at least a portion that is not fluid permeable.