US 12,083,261 B2
Automated fluid output monitoring
Chris Justice, Leawood, KS (US); Griffin Adams, Overland Park, KS (US); Katy Kanne, Kansas City, MO (US); Ryan Zumbach, Kansas City, MO (US); Cuong Nguyen, Kansas City, MO (US); and Rob Lembke, Overland Park, KS (US)
Assigned to C. R. Bard, Inc., Franklin Lakes, NJ (US)
Filed by C. R. Bard, Inc., Franklin Lakes, NJ (US)
Filed on May 3, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/306,821.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/035,567, filed on Jun. 5, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0379269 A1, Dec. 9, 2021
Int. Cl. A61M 1/00 (2006.01); A61M 25/00 (2006.01); A61M 25/10 (2013.01)
CPC A61M 1/69 (2021.05) [A61M 25/00 (2013.01); A61M 25/10 (2013.01); A61M 2205/3327 (2013.01); A61M 2205/3334 (2013.01); A61M 2205/3375 (2013.01); A61M 2205/3389 (2013.01); A61M 2205/3584 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A fluid collection system, comprising:
a catheter;
a drainage tube;
a collection container defining a first compartment and a second compartment, a transfer opening providing fluid communication between the first compartment and the second compartment;
a collection bag, wherein the catheter, the drainage tube, the collection container, and the collection bag define a closed liquid collection system; and
a detection device releasably coupled to an outside surface of the collection container and configured to measure a volume of liquid within the collection container without compromising an integrity of the closed liquid collection system, and comprising:
a first ultrasound transducer configured to measure a first volume of a liquid disposed within the first compartment;
a second ultrasound transducer configured to measure a second volume of the liquid disposed within the second compartment; and
an inversion sensor configured to detect an inversion event of the collection container.