# US 4,391,138 A · Collecting vessel

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- Number: US 4,391,138 A
- Document ID: US4391138A
- Status: Granted
- Kind: A
- Application number: 06/272,990
- Filed: 1981-06-12
- Granted: 1983-07-05
- Earliest claimed: 1980-06-21
- Inventors: Anton Harle
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US4391138A

## CPC

- A61B 5/208: {adapted to determine urine quantity, e.g. flow, volume}
- A61B 5/20: for measuring urological functions {restricted to the evaluation of the urinary system (A61B5/4375 takes precedence)}
- A61B 10/007: {for taking urine samples (measuring urological functions A61B5/20; genital receptacles A61F5/451; urinals for bed-ridden persons A61G9/006)}
- A61F 5/44: Devices worn by the patient for reception of urine, faeces, catamenial or other discharge (absorbent pads, e.g. sanitary towels, A61F13/15; drainage appliances for wounds A61M27/00); Colostomy devices
- A61B: DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION (usefulness limited to only animals A61D)
- A61F: FILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS; PROSTHESES; DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF, TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, e.g. STENTS; ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES; FOMENTATION; TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS; BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS; FIRST-AID KITS (dental prosthetics A61C)

## Abstract

The invention relates to a collecting vessel for medical purposes, i.e. medical fluids, which, in one-piece construction, forms a fluid collecting and measuring system and two pouch parts that can be joined together and with which inflow of the fluid, e.g. urine, can simultaneously be checked from the outside.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A flexible collecting vessel having a main pouch part and a measuring pouch part, said measuring part, being tapered and having a narrow end and a wide end, said wide end of said measuring part in fluid communication with said main part;
a graduated measurment scale positioned along said tapered part, said graduations starting at said narrow end of said measuring part;
an inflow tube having a free end, said tube passing through said narrow end of said measuring part and extending in a direction toward said main part for a distance and having a generally semicircular, U-shaped bend subtantially at said free end of said tube; and
suspension means affixed to said main part between said measuring part and said main part, said suspension means for suspending said vessel in a folded-over fashion so that said narrow end of said measuring part hangs downwardly from said affixment of said suspension means.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The collecting vessel of claim 1 wherein said suspension means includes at least two eyelets lying in a plane, said eyelets forming a line of bend that lies approximately in the plane of the eyelets when said vessel is suspended.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The collecting vessel of claim 1 further comprising means for dripping fluid passing from said tube into said measuring pouch part.

### Claim 4 (depends on 3)

The collecting vessel of claim 3 wherein said dripping means includes said tube free end having a conically widened portion.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The collecting vessel of claim 1 further comprising a discharge tube extending into said main pouch part, said discharge tube having a length, a first end sealed with a prick through cap located exterior of said vessel, a second end located interior of said vessel and perforations along said length near said second end.