Patent ID: 6409971
Filing Date: 2002-06-25
Classification: A61B,B01L

Abstract:
A method for collecting and transferring a urine specimen comprising the steps of:holding a urine collection device having an arcuate base, an open top defining a plane, and a side wall extending from said base to said open top, said base having an inclined top surface, a bottom surface and a conduit passing through said top surface and said bottom surface, said device further Including a valve angularly attached and recessed in said base such that said valve is in fluid communication with said conduit and said base, said device further having a finger placement platform horizontally mounted on said side wall and having a gripping surface such that said gripping surface is perpendicularly and horizontally oriented from said side wall, said urine collection device being held by said finger placement platform; collecting the specimen in said urine collection device; attaching a collection tube having a blunt cannula to puncture said valve such that said tube is positioned and attached at an oblique angle to said base relative to said plane for filling said collection tube to a predetermined volume, when said device is placed on a level surface, transferring the specimen into said collection tube at a predetermined volume; tilting said device in a direction parallel to said tube and away from said valve so that said inclined top area stops the specimen flow toward said valve; and removing said collection tube from said device.