Patents by Inventor Collen Shields Bland

Collen Shields Bland has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Bodily waste and fluid collection with sacral pad
    Patent number: 11938054
    Abstract: Examples relate to apparatuses, devices, systems, and methods for collecting bodily waste and bodily fluid using a sacral pad as an attachment point. The bodily waste collection apparatus includes a sacral pad and a bodily waste collection device attached to a lower portion of the sacral pad. The bodily waste collection device includes a fluid impermeable casing defining an interior region therein, a permeable material at least partially disposed in the interior region, and a conduit disposed within the bodily waste collection device. The sacral pad secures to the wearer and the bodily waste collection devices is at least partially maintained in a position to receive bodily waste from a wearer by the sacral pad.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: PureWick Corporation
    Inventors: Jill W. Jones, Hoang D. Nguyen, Cecille Canary, Chris M. Fodouop, Caroline Bunn, Collen Shields Bland
  • BODILY WASTE AND FLUID COLLECTION WITH SACRAL PAD
    Publication number: 20220287867
    Abstract: Examples relate to apparatuses, devices, systems, and methods for collecting bodily waste and bodily fluid using a sacral pad as an attachment point. The bodily waste collection apparatus includes a sacral pad and a bodily waste collection device attached to a lower portion of the sacral pad. The bodily waste collection device includes a fluid impermeable casing defining an interior region therein, a permeable material at least partially disposed in the interior region, and a conduit disposed within the bodily waste collection device. The sacral pad secures to the wearer and the bodily waste collection devices is at least partially maintained in a position to receive bodily waste from a wearer by the sacral pad.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2022
    Publication date: September 15, 2022
    Inventors: Jill W. Jones, Hoang D. Nguyen, Cecille Canary, Chris M. Fodouop, Caroline Bunn, Collen Shields Bland