US 12,349,875 B2
Device for collecting midstream urine from a human individual
Jesper Fleischer, Højberg (DK); Peter Christian Boldsen, Risskov (DK); Anders Geert Jensen, Risskov (DK); and Morten Haaning Charles, Risskov (DK)
Appl. No. 17/059,653
Filed by Aarhus Medical ApS, Risskov (DK)
PCT Filed Jun. 18, 2019, PCT No. PCT/DK2019/050195
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Nov. 30, 2020,
PCT Pub. No. WO2019/242823, PCT Pub. Date Dec. 26, 2019.
Claims priority of application No. PA 2018 00283 (DK), filed on Jun. 18, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0204916 A1, Jul. 8, 2021
Int. Cl. A61B 10/00 (2006.01); A61B 90/98 (2016.01); B01L 3/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 10/007 (2013.01) [A61B 90/98 (2016.02); B01L 3/502 (2013.01); B01L 2300/046 (2013.01); B01L 2300/12 (2013.01); B01L 2400/0622 (2013.01); B01L 2400/0677 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A urine collection device for collecting midstream urine, wherein said device, when in an orientation intended during urine collection, comprising:
a first recipient for urine;
a second recipient for urine, said second recipient including an interior;
a urine diverting means;
a third recipient for urine, wherein said third recipient for urine comprises an evacuated container and an interior; and
a conduit having an opening in a first end and an opening in a second end thereof,
wherein said first end of said conduit is arranged at the interior of said second recipient for urine;
wherein said opening in said second end of said conduit is in fluid communication with the interior of said evacuated container of said third recipient for urine; and
wherein said opening of said first end of said conduit comprises a moist soluble plug, said moist soluble plug blocking access through said conduit between said second recipient for urine and said evacuated container of said third recipient for urine until dissolution of said moist soluble plug;
thereby enabling transfer of midstream urine from said second recipient of urine to said third recipient for urine solely upon dissolution of said moist soluble plug by midstream urine being transferred to said second recipient for urine.