External Fecal Management System and Wearable Device
Summary
USPTO published patent application US20260090904A1 for an external fecal management system comprising a wearable guardian vessel device with border cushion, reservoir well portion, interior tube with suctioning port and fenestration openings, and mesh layer. Invented by Carly Googe. Application No. 19347495 filed October 1, 2025.
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USPTO published a patent application for an external fecal management system designed as a wearable guardian vessel device. The device features a border cushion wrapping the perimeter, a reservoir well portion at the center, an interior tube with a central opening and plurality of fenestration openings for receiving fecal material, and a mesh layer positioned within the reservoir well portion. The system includes a suctioning port extending from interior to exterior of the device.
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EXTERNAL FECAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND RELATED METHODS
Application US20260090904A1 Kind: A1 Apr 02, 2026
Inventors
Carly Googe
Abstract
An improved external fecal management system comprises a wearable guardian vessel device having a border cushion that wraps around a perimeter of the wearable guardian vessel device and defines a reservoir well portion at a center of the wearable guardian vessel device; an interior tube positioned in the reservoir well portion that is coupled to a suctioning port that extends from the interior of the wearable guardian vessel device to an exterior of the wearable guardian vessel device, wherein the interior tube includes a central opening for receiving fecal material from a wearer, wherein the interior tube further includes a plurality of fenestration openings that surround the central opening of the interior tube, and a mesh layer that that is positioned within the reservoir well portion and extends over the interior tube.
CPC Classifications
A61F 5/442 A61F 5/4408
Filing Date
2025-10-01
Application No.
19347495
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