The pad comprises a sheet of flexible insulating material carrying an array of conductive sensor strips on one surface. On the opposite surface of the insulating sheet are provided four conductive pickup strips, two at each end. One pickup strip at each end is connected through the sheet by metallic staples to the odd-numbered sensor strips, and the other two pickup strips are connected by staples to the even-numbered sensor strips. Thus, two sets of sensor strips are provided, and two connectio...

A urine sample collection and testing device in which a housing has a plurality of chambers. Urine samples are collected from a common funnel unit which is mounted on top of the housing and forms a removable lid to the housing. The lid can be removed or rotated to one side relative to the housing to provide access to one or more sample compartments in the housing. A large reservoir compartment provides storage for any urine in excess of the amount used to fill the sample compartments. A forestre...

A drained urinal comprises: an inverted truncated cone; a pivot arm connected beneath the truncated cone, having a hollow interior to drain urine therethrough; and, a base having a top portion adapted to receive and secure a bottom portion of the pivot arm, said base including a hinge to allow the pivot arm to bend down from an upright storage position to an oblique in-use position, and having a flat side portion adapted for attachment to a carrying surface. Most preferably the pivot arm has an ...

This invention relates to a device for the collection of urine for use with a urinary receptacle having drainage means for conveying the urine to a disposal site, said urine collection device comprising: A. stopper means for diverting the flow of urine from the drainage means of the urinary receptacle; B. storage means in communication with the stopper means for receiving the diverted flow of urine; and C. means for conveying overflow urine from the storage means to the disposal site.

Apparatus for collecting a midstream urine specimen from a female is described which does not require professional help. The apparatus combines a urinary guide having a urinary passageway, means on the guide to align the passageway with the female urethra so that a minimum of labial and vaginal secretions are entrained and a collector which isolates a predetermined initial volume of the micturition so that the urine sample collected for analysis is uncontaminated for all practical purposes.

A combination urine meter and drainage receptacle wherein the urine metering element and the drainage receptacle element may be separately drainable of liquid contained therein. The interiors of the metering element and the drainage receptacle element communicate with each other by a conduit through which liquid may pass from the metering element out of an exit portal therein into the drainage receptacle through a receiving portal therein. The combination includes means to support the urine mete...

This invention relates to an improved urine collector for female use. The inventive collector comprises a body which is triangular in plan and which is made from an elastomer material. The body includes a hollow area in the central portion with a projection and valve. The invesntion further comprises a tubular conduit in the hollow area and a bellows in the wall of the hollow area. A recess is provided with two lateral tongue elements separated by a space.

A urine disposing apparatus and method utilizes a cart-like structure to permit a bed-ridden patient to utilize a single urinal for multiple urinations. Following each use, the contents of the urinal are poured into a director, from which they empty into a receptacle located within the disposing apparatus. The empty urinal may then be re-used and emptied as needed. After a period of use, a caregiver may remove the receptacle, clean the component portions of the apparatus as required, and re-posi...

The present invention is concerned with urine collection devices which are especially convenient for taking mid-stream specimens from females. Generally, the devices comprise an outer tube and an inner tube which is slidably movable within the outer tube between first and second positions; the outer tube having one end contoured and dimensioned for engaging the forward area of the genitalia and surrounding the urethra and having a drainage outlet intermediate its ends and the inner tube acting a...

With a device for removing urine and/or feces, for example in connection with sick and infirm people, simple and safe removal is accomplished with a bag (1) with a face-side insertion opening for the genital organ or feces, such opening being tightly connected with a tube line (7, 7'), whereby the tube line (7, 7') is connected with the end facing away from the bag (1) with the suction side of a motor-driven, self-aspirating fluid pump (9), the latter feeding with the pressure side via tube line...