US Patent Issued to PureWick on Feb. 17 for "Fluid collection assembly including a tube having porous wicking material for improved fluid transport" (Georgia, North Carolina Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,551,385, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to PureWick Corp. (Covington, Ga.).

"Fluid collection assembly including a tube having porous wicking material for improved fluid transport" was invented by Sudhakar Jagannathan (Alpharetta, Ga.), Kuilin Lai (Watkinsville, Ga.), Puja Patel (Lawrenceville, Ga.) and Tacarra Gordon (Holly Springs, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An example fluid collection assembly includes a fluid impermeable barrier at least defining a chamber, at least one opening, and a fluid outlet. The fluid collection assembly further includes at least one porous material disposed in the chamber and a tube in fluid communi...