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Urine Collection Systems, and Methods of Making and Using the Same

U.S. Patent No. 12,343,245

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By: Tara Olivo

Associate Editor at Nonwovens Industry

James William Scott, Crawfordville, FL.

Filed: 7/19/22
Issued: 7/1/25

A urine collection system comprising: (I) a perforated sheet having a perforated sheet outer periphery, a perforated sheet upper surface, a perforated sheet lower surface, and a plurality of perforated sheet apertures (i) within the perforated sheet outer periphery, and (ii) extending from said perforated sheet upper surface to said perforated sheet lower surface; wherein at least a portion of the perforated sheet apertures within said plurality of perforated sheet apertures comprises a urine backflow feature that allows one-way urine flow through a given perforated sheet aperture, and prevents urine backflow through the given perforated sheet aperture; and (II) a bottom sheet positioned below said perforated sheet, said bottom sheet having a bottom sheet upper surface, a bottom sheet lower surface, a major surface portion extending within a plane containing said bottom sheet upper surface, and one or more grooves along a bottom sheet outer periphery of said bottom sheet upper surface, wherein each groove has a groove length GL, a groove width GW, and a groove depth GD that enables collection of urine by said bottom sheet.

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