Patent ID: 11950769
Assignee: ARIZONA BOARD OF REGENTS ON BEHALF OF ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 6:
7. A urine collection assembly comprising:
a container including a first collection chamber and a second collection chamber;
a funnel removably coupled to the container, the funnel in selective fluid communication with the first collection chamber and the second collection chamber;
a ball valve within the first collection chamber, the ball valve configured to allow fluid communication between the first collection chamber and the funnel to collect a first catch of urine when the ball valve is in a first position, and the ball valve configured to allow fluid communication between the second collection chamber and the funnel to collect a second catch of the urine when the ball valve is in a second position;
a lid removably coupleable to the funnel,
wherein the ball valve is spaced apart from the funnel within the first collection chamber when the ball valve is in the first position, and wherein the ball valve is configured to close an aperture in the funnel when the ball valve is in the second position,
wherein the container further includes a channel in fluid communication with the second collection chamber, the channel having a first opening adjacent a first end of the container and a second opening adjacent a second end of the container, the channel being configured to guide an excess amount of the urine from the second collection chamber to a location outside of the container,
wherein the funnel includes a sealing element and is movable between a third position in which a gap exists between the container and the sealing element and a fourth position in which no gap exists between the sealing element and the container, the sealing member configured to prevent fluid communication between the second collection chamber and the channel when the funnel is in the fourth position, wherein the funnel is configured to move from the third position to the fourth position when the lid is coupled to the container, and
wherein the lid includes a first aperture in fluid communication with the first collection chamber when the lid is coupled to the container and wherein the container further includes a second aperture in fluid communication with the second collection chamber, the first aperture in the lid configured to receive a pipette for collecting a portion of a sample of the urine contained in the first collection chamber and the second aperture in the container configured to receive a pipette for collecting a portion of a sample of the urine contained in the second collection chamber, the first aperture and the second aperture each being selectively closed by a plug.