US 12,446,813 B2
Automated urine output system for attachment to hospital bed
Eric A. Fallows, Apex, NC (US); Jill Walthall Jones, Avondale Estates, GA (US); Abigail A. Wilms, Tucker, GA (US); and Kuilin Lai, Watkinsville, GA (US)
Assigned to C. R. Bard, Inc., Franklin Lakes, NJ (US)
Filed by C. R. Bard, Inc., Franklin Lakes, NJ (US)
Filed on Aug. 23, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/893,435.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/236,081, filed on Aug. 23, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0058553 A1, Feb. 23, 2023
Int. Cl. A61B 5/20 (2006.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01); A61F 5/44 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 5/208 (2013.01) [A61F 5/44 (2013.01); A61B 5/6852 (2013.01)] 23 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system for monitoring urine output (UO) of a patient, comprising:
a UO module configured for coupling with a collection container, the UO module comprising:
a frame configured for anchoring to a bed, wherein the frame includes:
a first frame member; and
a second frame member coupled with the first frame member;
a load cell coupled with the frame, the load cell configured to define an electrical signal in accordance with a force defined by a weight of the UO within the collection container,
wherein:
the collection container is configured to collect UO therewithin,
in use, the UO flows through a drainage tube extending between the patient and the collection container, and
the load cell is operatively coupled between the first frame member and
the second frame member; and
a console including logic stored in memory that, when executed by one or more processors, causes performance of operations that include:
receiving the electrical signal from the load cell,
converting the electrical signal into volumetric UO data, and
transmitting the volumetric UO data across a network to an external entity.