Patent ID: 6569133
Filing Date: 2003-05-27
Classification: A61F

Abstract:
A system for collecting, conveying, and storing urine discharged from a human female, said system comprising:means for collecting urine; means for conveying urine, said means for conveying in fluid flow and wicking communication with said means for collecting; means for storing urine, said means for storing being spatially separated from said means for collection, said means for storing being in fluid flow and wicking communication with said means for conveying; and means for wicking urine away from the human female wherein said means for wicking moves said urine in ascending and descending flow directions, independent from movement by said human female, through said means for collection and said means for conveyance, said means for wicking depositing urine in said means for storage; wherein said means for collecting comprises a collection device having an inner surface and an outer structure, wherein at least said inner surface substantially conforms to contours of the human female urogenital anatomical surface where urine discharge occurs, and when said collection device is in use, said inner surface, in wicking contact with said human female surface, being capable of imbibing urine away from said human female surface, and transporting the urine from said human female surface through said inner surface and to said outer structure; wherein said means for conveying comprises: a collector extension having a first collector extension end in fluid and wicking communication with said means for collecting, said collector extension moving urine from said means for collecting to a second collector extension end of said collector extension by wicking flow and liquid flow; and a conveyance tube having a first conveyance tube end connected to said second collector extension end, and a second conveyance tube end connected to said means for storing urine, said conveyance tube including a conveyance tube means for moving urine by wicking flow and liquid flow in ascending and descending flow directions counter-gravitationally and gravitationally, independent from movement by the human female, from said means for collecting to said means for storing urine; and a urine transport and delivery pathway for achieving fluid and wicking communication between said second collector extension end and said first conveyance tube end and between said second conveyance tube end and said means for storing, wherein said urine transport and delivery pathway includes detachable connections within said urine transport and delivery pathway.