Patent ID: 8343122
Filing Date: 2013-01-01
Classification: C12Q,G01N,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A urinary tract infection (UTI)-monitoring urinary catheter system for monitoring the presence or absence of one or more markers in urine that are indicative of a urinary tract infection (UTI) comprising a catheter portion, a collection tubing portion, and a collection bag portion, wherein said collection tubing portion or said collection bag portion further comprises multiple UTI indicator substrates, wherein said multiple UTI indicator substrates are configured to be serially exposed to multiple freshly voided urine specimens, wherein said multiple UTI indicator substrates are sequestered from the urine but, when exposed to a freshly voided urine specimen, are capable of detecting and signaling the presence or absence of one or more markers in said freshly voided urine specimen that are indicative of a UTI.