US 2014/0276214 A1 · Urine sample collection device

Abstract

A urine sample collection device having a collection vessel for capturing urine from a patient, and an associated sample collection container portion for gathering the urine sample in an assured manner without the need for manual transfer. The urine sample collection device can be easily mounted inside a toilet bowl, so that the patient can deliver the urine stream to the toilet in the normal manner to produce the urine sample. The device avoids splashes of residual urine after the sample container is remove from the collection vessel, and a urine flow barrier shield for automatically accommodating the clean-catch method for delivering a urine sample.

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Dependent claims

A device for collecting a urine sample from a patient, comprising:

(a) a collection vessel having an inlet, side walls, and an outlet;
(b) a sample collection container for removably engaging the outlet of the collection vessel;
(c) anti-splash means for controlling the flow of urine from the collection vessel when the sample collection container is removed from its engagement with the outlet;
(d) wherein urine emitted by the patient flows into the collection vessel, and through the outlet into the sample collection container to produce the urine sample;
and
(e) wherein the sample collection container may be removed from the outlet of the collection vessel without excess urine flowing from the outlet.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Urine sample collection device

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Abstract

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