US 11,865,270 B2
Bodily fluid management system
Christopher Alex Arevalos, Houston, TX (US); Sylvie Kalikoff, Houston, TX (US); Hannah McKenney, Houston, TX (US); William Andrew Hendricks, III, Houston, TX (US); Patricia Thai, Pearland, TX (US); and Kunj Sheth, San Francisco, CA (US)
Assigned to Starling Medical, Inc., Houston, TX (US)
Filed by Starling Medical, Inc., Houston, TX (US)
Filed on Jul. 15, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/866,383.
Application 17/866,383 is a continuation of application No. PCT/US2022/025421, filed on Apr. 19, 2022.
Application PCT/US2022/025421 is a continuation in part of application No. PCT/US2021/013933, filed on Jan. 19, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/323,203, filed on Mar. 24, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/176,674, filed on Apr. 19, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/961,976, filed on Jan. 16, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0362509 A1, Nov. 17, 2022
Int. Cl. A61M 25/00 (2006.01); A61M 5/20 (2006.01); A61M 1/00 (2006.01); A61M 39/22 (2006.01)
CPC A61M 25/0017 (2013.01) [A61M 1/69 (2021.05); A61M 5/20 (2013.01); A61M 39/22 (2013.01); A61M 2202/0496 (2013.01); A61M 2205/331 (2013.01); A61M 2205/3317 (2013.01); A61M 2205/3592 (2013.01); A61M 2206/11 (2013.01)] 39 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system configured to reside within a urine collection receptacle, comprising:
a body housing a fluid testing chamber, the fluid testing chamber being fluidically coupled to a fluid inlet and a fluid outlet;
a fluid capturing funnel fluidically coupled to the fluid inlet;
an attachment mechanism coupled to and extending from the body and configured to couple the body to the urine collection receptacle;
a first optical sensor disposed within the body and including (1) a first emitter configured to convey via a first path a first light across the fluid testing chamber, and (2) a first optical detector configured to measure an intensity of the first light as the first light exits the fluid testing chamber; and
a second optical sensor disposed within the body and including (1) a second emitter configured to convey via a second path a second light across the fluid testing chamber, and (2) a second optical detector configured to measure an intensity of the second light as the second light exits the fluid testing chamber, the first path and the second path being independent,
the fluid testing chamber defining an internal volume through which fluid received by the fluid capturing funnel can be conveyed and tested by the first optical sensor and the second optical sensor, the fluid capturing funnel and the fluid testing chamber being collectively configured to maintain within the volume of the fluid testing chamber a volume of fluid sufficient for optical testing of the fluid.