DEVICE FOR MEASURING URINARY OUTPUT

• US 3,561,427 A
• Filed: 04/03/1968
• Issued: 02/09/1971
• Est. Priority Date: 04/03/1968
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Profy Albert Thomas
• Original Assignee: Profy Albert Thomas
• Inventors: PROFY ALBERT THOMAS
• Application Number:
  US04/718,558
• Time in Patent Office: 1,042 Days
• US Class Current: 600/575
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 10/007 for taking urine samples measuring urological functions A61B5/20; genital receptacles A61F5/451; urinals for bed-ridden persons A61G9/006
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/208 adapted to determine urine quantity, e.g. flow, volume
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 5/44 Devices worn by the patient for reception of urine, faeces, catamenial or other discharge; Portable urination aidsabsorbent pads, e.g. sanitary towels, A61F13/15; drainage appliances for wounds A61M27/00; emptying devices for urine bags B65B69/0016; Colostomy devices adhesives for colostomy devices A61L24/00; materials for colostomy devices A61L28/00

Abstract

A device for measuring the volume of urinary output during a given period of time. The device includes a drum member which has a vertical central axis and an open top, means being situated within the drum member to divide the latter into a plurality of equal compartments which are uniformly distributed about the central axis of the drum member with the center of each compartment located at a given angular distance from the center of the next compartment. A conduit member has an outlet end situated at any given instant over one of the compartments so that urine can flow through said conduit member from said outlet end thereof into a compartment to be collected therein. A support means supports at least one of these members for rotary movement about the central axis of the drum member, and a turning means is operatively connected with this one member for periodically turning the latter through the angular distance between the compartments at predetermined time intervals all of which are equal. The drum member has outer wall portions which respectively form parts of the several compartments and which are transparent and carry suitable graduations for indicating the volume of urine which collects in each compartment.

Claims

1. In a device for measuring urinary output, a drum member having a vertical central axis and an open top, means in said drum member dividing the interior thereof into a plurality of equal compartments uniformly distributed about said axis, said drum member having transparent wall portions respectively forming parts of said compartments and having graduations associated therewith for indicating the volume of urine in each compartment, a lid covering said drum and formed with an opening, means for restraining said lid against rotational movement, said drum member and said lid being structurally related to one another for permitting relative rotational movement therebetween, urine discharge means passing through said opening and terminating in an outlet end adjacent the top of said member and situated at any given time over one of said compartments, support means supporting said drum member for rotary movement about said central axis, and turning means operatively connected to said drum member for turning the latter about said axis with respect to said lid and said discharge means.

2. The combination of claim 1 and wherein said means which divided divides the interior of said drum into said compartments also forms in the interior of said drum an inner overflow chamber surrounded by and communicating with said compartments and into which urine will overflow when the level of the urine in any compartment reaches a given elevation.

3. The combination of claim 1 and wherein there are twenty-four compartments in said drum member uniformly distributed about said axis thereof and said turning means turns said drum member throughout twenty-four hours, so that a urinary output for a duration of twenty-four hours can be measured.

4. The combination of claim 3 and wherein said compartments are provided with indicia at the exterior of said drum member for indicating the time of day.

5. The combination of claim 1 and wherein said lid is formed with a second opening radially aligned with said outlet end of said discharge means and located adjacent said outlet end so that through said second lid opening access may be had either to the outlet end of said discharge means or to a compartment communicating therewith.

6. The combination of claim 5 and wherein a cover member is carried by said lid for covering and uncovering said opening thereof.

7. The combination of claim 1 and wherein a base means is situated beneath said drum member, said support means includes a plate, and said base means is operatively connected with said plate to support the latter for rotary movement about said axis, said drum member being carried by and extending upwardly from said plate, and said turning means being carried by said base means and operatively connected to said plate for turning the latter and said drum member therewith.

8. The combination of claim 7 and wherein said plate is formed with a plurality of openings distributed about said axis and said drum member rests on said plate and has a bottom wall engaging the latter, said bottom wall of said drum member carrying a plurality of pins which respectively extend into said openings of said plate so that said drum member turns with said plate while being removable therefrom.

9. The combination of claim 7 and wherein said turning means includes an electrical clock mechanism and a transmission driven thereby and operatively connected to said plate, and a lamp connected into the circuit of said clock mechanism to be illuminated during operation of said mechanism, said lamp also being situated in the region of said one compartment which at any given time cOmmunicates with said discharge means to provide illumination for the graduations of said one compartment.