Fluid Collection Assemblies with Movement Enhancing Features

ChangeBridge: Patent Grants - Diagnosis & Surgery (A61B)

Published March 31st, 2026

Detected March 31st, 2026

Summary

USPTO granted patent US12589022B2 to PureWick Corporation on March 31, 2026, covering fluid collection assemblies with movement enhancing features. The patent includes 20 claims and names 8 inventors including Dana Ahmad Abdelal and others. This grant establishes PureWick's intellectual property rights for the described medical fluid collection technology.

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The USPTO issued patent US12589022B2 to PureWick Corporation for a fluid collection assembly that includes a fluid impermeable barrier defining an opening, a chamber in fluid communication with the opening, at least one fluid outlet, porous material disposed in the chamber, a conduit attached to the fluid outlet, and one or more movement enhancing features. The patent was granted on March 31, 2026, with an application date of March 18, 2021.

Patent grants do not impose compliance obligations on third parties. Companies developing similar fluid collection technology should review the granted claims to assess potential infringement risks and consider designing around the patent or seeking licensing arrangements with PureWick. Inventors and patent applicants should monitor this and related patents in the A61F classification for competitive intelligence purposes.

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Fluid collection assemblies including one or more movement enhancing features

Grant US12589022B2 Kind: B2 Mar 31, 2026

Assignee

PureWick Corporation

Inventors

Dana Ahmad Abdelal, Nicolas Austerman, Amanda Blackwell, Shaun Broussard, Jishen Cheng, Rodrigo Fernandez, Eric Rehm, Wendy Rodriguez

Abstract

An example fluid collection assembly (100) includes a fluid impermeable barrier (102) defining at least one opening (104), a chamber (106) in fluid communication with the at least one opening (104), and at least one fluid outlet (108). The fluid collection assembly (100) also includes at least one porous material (110) disposed in the chamber (106). The fluid collection assembly (100) also includes at least one conduit (112) attached to the fluid outlet (108). The fluid collection assembly (100) includes one or more movement enhancing features (118).

CPC Classifications

A61F 5/455 A61F 5/451 A61F 5/453 A61F 5/4408 A61F 5/4404 A61F 5/4401 A61F 5/4405 A61F 5/441 A61F 13/474 A61F 13/84 A61F 2/0009 A61F 2005/4402 A61F 2013/8494 A61F 5/442 A61F 5/4556 A61F 5/48 A61F 5/44 A61F 6/08 A61F 2013/15146 A61F 13/47227 A61M 2202/0496 A61M 2210/1092 A61B 10/007