ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,551,366, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to PureWick Corp. (Covington, Ga.).

"Fluid collection devices having multiple fluid collection regions, and related systems and methods" was invented by Jacob Brennan (Durham, N.C.), Camille R. Newton (Bonsall, Calif.) and Raymond J. Newton (Bonsall, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Examples relate to fluid collection devices, and related systems and methods. In some embodiments, a fluid collection device includes a fluid impermeable barrier and a fluid permeable body. The fluid impermeable barrier may at least partially define a chamber, an opening in fluid communication with the chamber, an...