Patent ID: 6824741
Filing Date: 2004-11-30
Classification: A61B,Y10T

Abstract:
An apparatus for carrying out a test for the detection of particles in urine to determine the susceptibility of a test subject for kidney stones comprising a test vessel and whereby urine is obtained from the test subject and collected in the test vessel and then the detection test is carried out, whereby the urine after a stand time is poured out of the test vessel and possible particles are retained in the test vessel following which test results are obtained by the use of a detection reagent in the form of a dye reagent for optical detection, the apparatus further comprising:a collecting container in which the urine is directly collected from the test subject and which serves simultaneously as the test vessel, the test vessel being column shaped at a lower portion and tapered downwardly toward a bottom and having an upwardly widening transition into an overflow region above said lower portion; and a closure element, which projects into the overflow region, displaces any excess urine upwardly into the overflow region of the test vessel, closes the lower portion of the test vessel and establishes a defined quantity of the test urine therein while also separating the lower portion from the overflow region, said closure element also closing said overflow region.