Collecting urine samples and data thereof
OwnerVarda Margalit Aberbachinventor
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Abstract
A collector for collecting urine samples is placed inside a toilet with an extension lip placed on a toilet seat disposed on top of the toilet. Upon collecting urine inside the collector, a sample of urine is extracted from inside the collector. The collector may include a socket. The sealed container may be inserted into the socket to extract the sample of urine. A hollow sleeve may be disposed inside or outside the collector. Urine disposed inside the collector and inside the sleeve may attain the same fluid level responsive to a fluid passage between the collector and the sleeve at the bottom of the collector. The volume of urine extracted from the sleeve may be proportional to the urine collected inside the collector with a known proportionality constant.
Claims12
A method comprising:
- providing a collector with an extension lip;
- placing the collector inside a toilet with the extension lip placed on a toilet seat disposed on top of the toilet, wherein the collector includes a hollow sleeve disposed inside or outside the collector, wherein urine disposed inside the collector and inside the sleeve attain the same fluid level responsive to a fluid passage between the collector and the sleeve at the bottom of the collector;
- upon collecting a urine sample, closing the fluid passage between the collector and the sleeve, and extracting a volume of urine contained in the sleeve, wherein the volume of urine extracted from the sleeve is proportional to the urine collected inside the collector with a known proportionality constant.
A system comprising:
- a collector with an extension lip, wherein the collector is configured to fit inside a toilet with the extension lip placed on a toilet seat disposed on top of the toilet;
- a mechanism configured for extracting a sample of urine from inside the collector;
- wherein the collector includes a hollow sleeve disposed inside or outside the collector, wherein urine disposed inside the collector and inside the sleeve attain the same fluid level responsive to a fluid passage between the collector and the sleeve at the bottom of the collector,
- a mechanism configured for closing the fluid passage between the collector and the sleeve upon collecting the sample of urine;
- wherein the volume of urine extracted from the sleeve is proportional to the urine collected inside the collector with a known proportionality constant.
A system comprising:
- a collector with an extension lip, wherein the collector is configured to fit inside a toilet with the extension lip placed on a toilet seat disposed on top of the toilet;
- a mechanism configured for extracting a sample of urine from inside the collector, wherein the collector includes a plurality of compartments:
- a mechanism configured to separate initial urine flow into a first compartment from subsequent urine flow into a second compartment, wherein weight of urine of the initial urine flow enables at least a portion of the first compartment to detach and sink into a third compartment thereby enabling the second compartment to receive only the subsequent urine flow.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.