US 12,402,865 B2
Urine collection system
David Askenazi, Birmingham, AL (US); Lynn Dill, Birmingham, AL (US); Martin Dawson Holland, Birmingham, AL (US); Shelby Leverett, Birmingham, AL (US); and Elizabeth Dechant, Birmingham, AL (US)
Assigned to The UAB Research Foundation, Birmingham, AL (US); and The Children's Hospital of Alabama, Birmingham, AL (US)
Appl. No. 17/774,462
Filed by THE UAB RESEARCH FOUNDATION, Birmingham, AL (US); and The Children's Hospital of Alabama, Birmingham, AL (US)
PCT Filed Nov. 13, 2020, PCT No. PCT/US2020/060541
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date May 4, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/097310, PCT Pub. Date May 20, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/934,787, filed on Nov. 13, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0387001 A1, Dec. 8, 2022
Int. Cl. A61B 10/00 (2006.01); A61F 5/455 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 10/007 (2013.01) [A61F 5/455 (2013.01)] 27 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A urine collection device, comprising:
a. a basin configured to fit a perineal region of a female human subject and to receive urine, the basin having an inferior end and a superior end;
b. a lip attached to the basin and having a contact surface for attachment to the perineal region, contoured to define a curved surface corresponding to a curvature of the subject's perineal region, and having an inferior end at the inferior end of the basin;
c. a ridge, comprising: a posterior/inferior edge, an anterior/superior edge forming a “V” with a curved apex when seen from above, the ridge being disposed along only an inferior portion of the device and absent on the superior portion of the device to prevent leakage of urine from the basin, wherein the curved apex protrudes dorsally away from the interior of the basin, and wherein the ridge is configured to extend into the vestibule of the vaginal opening of the subject; and
d. a drain opening in the basin for draining the urine.