Female urine strainers and samplers
OwnerTimothy L. Lyon, Brenda Lyoninventors
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Abstract
The present invention includes strainers used to gather solids from voided urine. Embodiments include urinary bowl strainers, hand-held strainers and disposable hand-held urine strainers, all of which are particularly useful for gathering kidney stones passed in urine that are intended for verification of passing said kidney stones, and for laboratory analysis which may be used to guide clinical treatment to prevent recurrent kidney stone formation. Embodiments of disposable urine samplers are also disclosed. The embodiments of urine strainers and samplers disclosed herein are particularly adapted for use by female patients, though male patients may also use the devices.
Claims20
A hand-held urine strainer, comprising:
- a bowl-shaped frame having a rim disposed around an upper opening, the rim including two opposed convex lips disposed at a distal end and a central end, two opposed concave lips disposed between the convex lips, the two opposed concave lips configured for placement between thighs of a user and an opening in a planar surface of a bottom end below the rim, wherein the opening is covered by mesh;
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- a handle having a handle base attached to the central end of the rim, the handle extending from the handle base outward to a proximate end of the handle.
A hand-held urine strainer, comprising:
- a bowl-shaped frame having a rim disposed around an upper opening and a mesh-covered opening in a planar surface of a bottom end below the rim;
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- a handle having a handle base attached to the central end of the rim, the handle extending from the handle base outward to a proximate end of the handle, wherein an axis of the handle extends at an angle, ϕ, measured from a perpendicular to the planar surface of the bottom end the strainer.
A urinary bowl strainer, comprising:
- a bowl-shaped frame having an opening covered by mesh, the mesh configured to pass urinary fluid but retain solids;
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- four support members extending from the bowl-shaped frame, each of the four support members planar in shape and configured to rest upon a top surface of a toilet bowl basin underneath a toilet seat.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.