ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,575,960, issued on March 17, was assigned to PUREWICK Corp. (Covington, Ga.).

"Urine collection systems having one or more of volume, pressure, or flow indicators, and related methods" was invented by Seth Schneider (Social Circle, Ga.), Claire Gloeckner (Lilburn, Ga.), Gregory Mann (Covington, Ga.), Damien Marechal (Claix, France) and Yolanda Rhodes (Cypress, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Examples relate to devices, systems, and methods for fluid collection such as urine. A urine collection system includes a urine collection device configured to be positioned at least proximate to a urethra of a user, a canister having an interi...