FLUID COLLECTION ASSEMBLIES INCLUDING AT LEAST ONE OF A PROTRUSION OR AT LEAST ONE EXPANDABLE MATERIAL

Abstract: an example female fluid collection assembly includes a fluid impermeable barrier. the fluid impermeable barrier at least defines a chamber and an opening. the female fluid collection assembly also includes at least one porous material disposed in the chamber. the porous material extends across the opening. in an embodiment, the portion of the porous material that extends across the opening include a protrusion that extends outwardly from the opening. in an embodiment, the porous material includes at least one expandable material that is configured to expand (e.g., increase in volume) when the expandable material exposed to one or more bodily fluids (e.g., urine).

Inventor(s): Jill W. Jones, Christopher D. Drobnik, Michael W. Drobnik, Patrick Hudson Chancy, Hoang D. Nguyen, Kathleen Davis

CPC Classification: A61F5/455 (FILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS; PROSTHESES; DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF, TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, e.g. STENTS; ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES; FOMENTATION; TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS; BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS; FIRST-AID KITS (dental prosthetics ))

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