ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,440,371, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to PUREWICK Corp. (Covington, Ga.).

"Fluid collection system including a garment and a fluid collection device" was invented by Jeff Edward Franklin (Hamilton, Ohio), Brandt Davis (Milford, Ohio), Michael Lambert (Snellville, Ga.), Kevin Michael Knollman (West Chester, Ohio), Kyra Kormos Wesner (Loveland, Ohio), Michelle Schnell (Hamilton, Ohio), Mackenzie Brooke Weir (Chardon, Ohio) and Joseph Andrew Filbrun (Cincinatti, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Example fluid collection systems and methods of use are described. The fluid collection system includes a garment and a fluid collection devic...