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US 10,882,043 B2Granted
Urine sampling container
AssigneeAtleta Co., Ltd.
InventorsHiroaki Ugawa, Ichiro Morimoto, Satoshi Miyatake
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Abstract
In a urine sampling container 1, a retaining mechanism 15 is provided on opening end sides of a urine collection tube 3 and a cover tube 4 to prevent the cover tube 4 from being removed from the urine collection tube 3 in a state in which the urine collection tube 3 is inserted to and fitted in the cover tube 4, so as to keep the urine collection tube 3 and a storage tube 2 securely coupled with each other at the time of urine collection and to allow the storage tube 2 to be easily removed from the urine collection tube 3 at the time of examination.
Claims10
A urine sampling container, comprising:
- a storage tube formed as an elongated tube and storing urine, where one end of the storage tube is a closed end and the other end of the storage tube is an opening end;
- a urine collection tube formed as an elongated tube and including a side surface having a urine collection port, where one end of the urine collection tube is a closed end and the other end of the urine collection tube is an opening end freely attachable to and detachable from the opening end of the storage tube;
- a cover tube formed as an elongated tube, formed so that the urine collection tube can be inserted to and removed from the cover tube, and covering the urine collection port, where one end of the cover tube is a closed end and the other end of the cover tube is an opening end;
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- an inner periphery of the urine collection tube and an outer periphery of the cover tube each include a fixing screw formed therein and configured to couple the urine collection tube and the cover tube,
- in the inner periphery of the urine collection tube and the outer periphery of the cover tube, in addition to the fixing screws, a retaining mechanism formed near the opening ends of the urine collection tube and the cover tube to prevent the cover tube from being removed from the urine collection tube in a state in which the urine collection tube is inserted and fitted in the cover tube.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.