MULTI-FUNCTIONAL AND MODULAR URINE COLLECTION SYSTEM

• US 20100137743A1
• Filed: 01/19/2010
• Published: 06/03/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 07/05/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: C.R. Bard, Inc. (Becton, Dickinson & Co)
• Original Assignee: C.R. Bard, Inc. (Becton, Dickinson & Co)
• Inventors: Nishtala, Vasu, Hine, Robert M.
• Application Number:
  US12/689,870
• Publication Number:
  US 20100137743A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 600/575
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/145 Measuring characteristics of blood in vivo, e.g. gas concentration, pH value; Measuring characteristics of body fluids or tissues, e.g. interstitial fluid, cerebral tissuemeasuring of blood pressure or blood flow A61B5/02; non-radiation detecting or locating of foreign bodies in blood A61B5/06
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/14507 specially adapted for measuring characteristics of body fluids other than blood devices for taking samples of body liquids A61B10/0045
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/14539 for measuring pH
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/201 Assessing renal or kidney functions
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/208 adapted to determine urine quantity, e.g. flow, volume

Abstract

Multi-functional urine collection devices, embodiments of which can include a self-expanding container having a receptacle for receiving urine from the tubing, a pump for moving urine through the tubing and into a receptacle, extendable tubing that may be shortened and/or lengthened, and/or one or more meters for monitoring, measuring, transmitting or storing a characteristic from the urine. The urine collection system may include a widened profile to permit urine to cascade from one column to the another and/or may include one or more floats to minimize meniscus errors. The floats may include active agents, may change color based on pH, and may be calibrated to indicate the specific gravity of the urine.

Claims

1. A fluid collection device comprising:

a urine meter including a plurality of columns partially separated from each other such that the fluid can cascade from one column to another;

a float disposed in one or more columns of the urine meter;

a collection bag coupled to the urine meter; and

a sampling port coupled to the holding bag.

2. The fluid collection device of claim 1, wherein the urine meter further comprises graduated markings on a column indicating a quantity of fluid.

3. The fluid collection device of claim 1, wherein a column is generally circular in shape and the float in the column is generally circular and smaller in diameter than the column.

4. The fluid collection device of claim 1, wherein the float includes an active ingredient.

5. The fluid collection device of claim 4, wherein the active ingredient comprises a sterilizer, a deodorizer, or both.

6. The fluid collection device of claim 1, wherein the width of the columns varies from top to bottom and further comprising graduated markings on the columns indicating a quantity of fluid, the graduated markings calibrated to the variation in column width.

7. The fluid collection device of claim 1, wherein the float changes color based on the pH of the fluid in the column containing the float.

8. The fluid collection device of claim 1, wherein the buoyancy of the float is calibrated to indicate specific gravity.

9. The fluid collection device of claim 1, further comprising an adjustable tubing mechanism.

10. The fluid collection device of claim 9, wherein the adjustable tubing mechanism stores the tubing horizontally.

11. The fluid collection device of claim 1, further comprising a stand that slides or folds.

12. The fluid collection device of claim 1, further comprising a transfer handle that activates a valve that allows urine to flow from the meter to the bag.

13. A fluid collection device comprising:

a urine meter including a plurality of columns partially separated from each other such that the fluid can cascade from one column to another, wherein the urine meter further comprises graduated marking on a column indicating a quantity of fluid;

a float disposed in the urine meter, the float including an active ingredient.

14. The fluid collection device of claim 13, wherein the active ingredient comprises a sterilizer, a deodorizer, or both.

15. The fluid collection device of claim 13, wherein the float changes color based on the pH of the fluid in the column containing the float.

16. The fluid collection device of claim 13, wherein the buoyancy of the float is calibrated to indicate specific gravity such that the float does not rise to the top of the fluid when the specific gravity is below a normal range for the fluid.

17. The fluid collection device of claim 13, further comprising an adjustable tubing mechanism.

18. A method of fluid collection comprising:

providing a fluid collection device including;

a urine meter including a plurality of columns partially separated from each other such that the fluid can cascade from one column to another,

a float disposed in one or more columns of the urine meter,

a collection bag coupled to the urine meter, and

a sampling port coupled to the holding bag;

connecting the fluid collection device to a patient using a catheter; and

collecting a fluid in the fluid collection device.

19. The method of claim 18, further comprising measuring a flow of fluid.

20. The method of claim 18, further comprising at least one of sterilizing and deodorizing the fluid.