Patent ID: 7186245
Filing Date: 2007-03-06
Classification: A61F

Abstract:
1. A system for collecting conveying, and storing urine discharged from a penis of a human male comprising means for collection of the urine from the human male comprising proximal and distal ends and outer and inner surfaces; means for storage of the urine before disposal of the urine comprising proximal and distal ends and outer and inner surfaces; means for conveying the urine from said means for collection of the urine to said means for storage of the urine comprising proximal and distal ends and outer and inner surfaces; means for wicking the urine away from the penis wherein said means for wicking moves the urine counter-gravitationally and gravitationally away from the penis through said means for collection and said means for conveying, and deposits the urine in said means for storage, said means for wicking including a first wicking spacer disposed within said means for collection, said means for wicking further including a second wicking spacer disposed within said means for conveying, said means for wicking further including a third wicking spacer disposed within said means for storage of the urine, said means for wicking further including a first wicking spacer piece forming contiguous wicking connection between said first wicking spacer and said second wicking spacer, said means for wicking further including a second wicking spacer piece forming contiguous wicking connections between said second wicking spacer and said third wicking spacer, wherein said first wicking spacer, said first wicking spacer piece, said second wicking spacer, said second wicking spacer piece, and said third wicking spacer collectively form a complete wicking path from said means for collection to said means for storage, said first wicking spacer comprises comprising a y-shape having a tail and two legs such that said legs of said y-shape lie in proximity to said inner surface of said means for collection.