Abstract:
Disclosed is a guiding device for urine collection ( 10 ) comprising a bottom portion ( 11 ), a body ( 12 ), a cup opening ( 14 ) and a first liquid discharge outlet ( 15 ). The body ( 12 ) is arranged so as to extend around the bottom portion ( 11 ), the bottom portion ( 11 ) and part of the body ( 12 ) thus forming a collection portion ( 13 ); the cup opening ( 14 ) is located on a side of the body ( 12 ) opposite to the bottom portion ( 11 ), and the first liquid discharge outlet ( 15 ) is arranged on the body ( 12 ) between the cup opening ( 14 ) and the collection portion ( 13 ). The guiding device for urine collection ( 10 ) relieves users from having consciously to control urine flow during urine collection and, at the same time, avoids contamination of hands, clothing, or surroundings in case of overflow due to excessive urine.

Description:
BACKGROUND 
       [0001]    1. Technical Field 
         [0002]    The disclosure relates to a guiding device for urine collection. 
         [0003]    2. Description of Related Art 
         [0004]    The inspection personnel usually provide a paper cup and a test tube when people need to do an urine test. People must rely on physiological mechanism to control the flow of urine so as to save the urine in the paper cup, and then pour to the test tube from the paper cup. 
         [0005]    However, the practice is inconvenient rely on physiological mechanisms to control the flow of urine to be saved in a paper cup. Users are hard to control urine, and easy to make urine overflow and dirty hands, clothing or the environment, particularly the elderly, children, pregnant women or patients with urinary system diseases will be more difficult to control. 
         [0006]    In addition, due to the physical structure of the relationship of the female user. When the paper cup close to the body is difficult to judge the adequacy of the amount of urine, and when the paper cup away from the body, it is not easy to control urine flows into the paper cup. 
         [0007]    Furthermore, it is an other test of vision, stability and coordination to pour the urine into the test tube. 
         [0008]    Therefore, how to provide an urination device, it is possible to make the user in the state without deliberately control the flow of urine, and urine can be discharged to the default destination is one of important subjects. 
       SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION 
       [0009]    In view of the foregoing, the invention is to provide a guiding device for urine collection to make the user can discharge the urine into the default destination without deliberately control the flow of urine to overcome the deficiencies of the prior art. 
         [0010]    A guiding device for urine collection comprises a bottom portion, a body, a cup opening and a first liquid discharge outlet. The body is arranged to extend around the bottom portion. The bottom portion and a part of the body form a collection portion. The cup opening is located on one side of the body opposite to the bottom portion. The first liquid discharge outlet is arranged on the body between the cup opening and the collection portion. 
         [0011]    In one embodiment, a profile of one side of the cup opening is a curved surface to fit body curve, so that the cup opening can be more closely contact body. 
         [0012]    In one embodiment, the guiding device for urine collection further comprises a wing located on the body adjacent to the cup opening. The wing allows the user to be able to hold the wing to operate the guiding device for urine collection. In addition, an adhesive layer may be provided on the wing, which is distant from the side of the cup opening (the side for contacting fingers), so that the fingers can be securely affixed to hold the wing. 
         [0013]    In one embodiment, the body has a concave portion extended to the bottom portion. The collection portion is located between the bottom portion and an extension line of the top edge of the concave portion. The first liquid discharge outlet is located at a top edge of the concave portion. 
         [0014]    In one embodiment, the overlooking profile of the cup opening is circular, oval, teardrop-shaped, egg-shaped, rectangular, rhombic, or triangular. 
         [0015]    In one embodiment, one end of the overlooking profile of the cup opening is a sharp surface or v-shaped, that is used to meet the open angle of the two fingers, thus the fingers and the guiding device for urine collection are more closely so that the guiding device for urine collection is more easily operation. 
         [0016]    In one embodiment, the guiding device for urine collection further comprises a second liquid discharge outlet located at the body of the collection portion. In another embodiment the second liquid discharge outlet is located at the bottom portion. 
         [0017]    In one embodiment, the guiding device for urine collection further comprises a bag connected to the body. The first liquid discharge outlet is covered by the bag. In another embodiment, the first liquid discharge outlet and the second liquid discharge outlet are covered by the bag. 
         [0018]    In one embodiment, the bag is a zipper bag, which can be sealed to prevent the urine leakage after collecting the urine. 
         [0019]    The beneficial effects of the present invention is that a collection portion is formed in the lower body part, and the first liquid discharge outlet in the top of the collection portion, so it can allow users to prevent the amount of the urine is too many to overflow, and dirty hands, clothing or the environment in the collecting process. In addition, the urine stored in the collection portion can be poured into the test tube through the first liquid discharge outlet, without the user to control how much of the amount of urine deliberately. In a further embodiment, the guiding device for urine collection further comprises a wing, which is extended from the body adjacent to the cup opening. The wing allows the user to be able to hold the wing by two fingers to operate the guiding device for urine collection so that the guiding device for urine collection is more closed to the body so that the guiding device for urine collection is more easily operation. In a further embodiment, the guiding device for urine collection further comprises a bag for collecting urine. The bag covers the first liquid discharge outlet or the second liquid discharge outlet. In some cases for convenient to carry, there is an opening provided on the bag for guiding the urine to a stool or a default destination. 
     
    
     
       BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS 
         [0020]    The parts in the drawings are not necessarily drawn to scale, the emphasis instead being placed upon clearly illustrating the principles of at least one embodiment. In the drawings, like reference numerals designate corresponding parts throughout the various diagrams, and all the diagrams are schematic. 
           [0021]      FIG. 1  is a schematic diagram showing one embodiment of the invention. 
           [0022]      FIG. 2  is a schematic diagram showing another embodiment of the invention. 
           [0023]      FIGS. 3A to 3D  are schematic diagrams showing various shape of the overlooking profile of a cup opening. 
           [0024]      FIG. 4  is a schematic diagram showing the cup opening with two wings of  FIG. 2 . 
           [0025]      FIG. 5  is a schematic diagram showing the curved shape of the cup opening of  FIG. 2 . 
           [0026]      FIGS. 6A to 6D  are schematic diagrams showing the shape of the cup opening near the finger of  FIG. 4 . 
           [0027]      FIGS. 7A and 7B  are schematic diagrams showing the different position of a second liquid discharge outlet of  FIG. 2 . 
           [0028]      FIG. 8  is a schematic diagram showing an guiding device for urine collection with a bag of  FIG. 2 . 
       
    
    
     DETAILED DESCRIPTION 
       [0029]    Reference will now be made to the drawings to describe various inventive embodiments of the present disclosure in detail, wherein like numerals refer to like elements throughout. 
         [0030]    The present invention relates to a guiding device for urine collection is applied to the urine collection or to guide the urine to a specific destination. The guiding device for urine collection may be made of plastic, rubber, metal, paper, waterproof paper. 
         [0031]    Refer to  FIG. 1 , a guiding device for urine collection  10  according to a first embodiment of the present invention includes a bottom portion  11 , a body  12 , a collection portion  13 , a cup opening  14 , and a first liquid discharge outlet  15 . The body  12  is surrounded the bottom portion  11 , and extending at an angle. The angle may be a right angle, an acute angle, or an obtuse angle. The collection portion  13  is formed by the bottom portion  11  and a part of the body  12  to collect or store the urine. The cup opening  14  is located at one side of the body  12 , which is opposite to the bottom portion  11 , to close to the body to cover the genitals of the female user. The first liquid discharge outlet  15  is disposed on the body  12 , which is between the cup opening  14  and the collection portion  13 . 
         [0032]    The first liquid discharge outlet  15  is used to drain urine excess beyond the collection portion  13 , then guide the urine temporarily stored in the collection portion  13  into the test tube (not shown in figure). Thus, the user can easily collect the urine. In addition, the first liquid discharge outlet  15  may be connected to a test tube (not shown in figure). The user can urinate when the cup opening  14  covering the genitals, and the urine is temporarily stored in the collection portion  13 , and then tilt the guiding device for urine collection  10  to pour the urine into the test tube through the first liquid discharge outlet  15 . In another embodiment, the urine also can be discharged into the test tube, which is connected to the first liquid discharge outlet  15 . 
         [0033]    As mentioned above, the guiding device for urine collection  10  of the invention utilizes the collection portion  13  to make users not easy to dirty the hands or clothing during the collecting process, and the urine stored in the collection portion  13  can be poured into the test tube by the first liquid discharge outlet  15 . In other words, the level of the first liquid discharge outlet  15  is located above the level of the collection portion  13 , so that the urine discharged into the test tube directly after collection process or during the collection process. 
         [0034]    The guiding device for urine collection  10 A shown in  FIG. 2 , the overall appearance of its body  12 A has a concave portion  19  extended to the bottom portion  11 . In operation status, the level of the first liquid discharge outlet  15  is higher than the collection portion  13 . In the embodiment, the concave portion  19  has a top edge  19 A. The first liquid discharge outlet  15  is located on the top edge  19 A, and the collection portion  13  is located between the top edge  19 A of the concave portion  19  and the bottom portion  11 . In the embodiment, the top edge  19 A and the bottom portion  11  is parallel to each other. In another embodiment, the top edge  19 A or the bottom portion  11  can be a bevel, or can be a curved surface same as the side profile of the cup opening  14 . 
         [0035]    Referring to  FIGS. 3A to 3D , an overlooking profile of the cup opening  14  may be circular, oval, teardrop-shaped, egg-shaped, rectangular, rhombic, or triangular, that is not to be limited. 
         [0036]    Referring to  FIG. 4  and comparing to the  FIG. 2 , the guiding device for urine collection  10 B according to a second embodiment of the present invention is further comprises at least one wing  16 . The wing  16  is located at the body  12 A, which is adjacent to the cup opening  14 A to enable the user to use two fingers to stick the wing  16  and to operate the guiding device for urine collection  10 B. An adhesive layer may be disposed on the wing  16  near the side of the finger, that is, the side of the wing  16  is distant from the cup opening  14 A, so that the finger with any size can easily stick to operate the guiding device for urine collection  10 B. 
         [0037]    Referring to  FIG. 5 , the different between a guiding device for urine collection  10 C according to a third embodiment of the present invention with the second embodiment described above is a side profile of the cup opening  14 A that is a curved surface. The curved surface fits to the body curve of the genitals so that the cup opening  14 A may more closely fit to the body to avoid urine overflow during urination. 
         [0038]    Due to the two fingers have a certain shape and angle when open the fingers , in the embodiment, the overlooking profile of the cup opening  14 A close to the two fingers is sharp curved or v-shaped (shown as  FIGS. 6A to 6D ). 
         [0039]    The first liquid discharge outlet  15  may be connected to a catheter to drain the urine to the default destination, for example, the stool. The first liquid discharge outlet  15  can also be connected to a test tube so that the urine can be directly poured into the test tube to avoid splashing of urine on hands, clothing, or the environment. 
         [0040]    Referring to  FIGS. 7A and 7B , a guiding device for urine collection  10 D according to a fourth embodiment of the invention further comprises a second liquid discharge outlet  18 , which may be located on the body  12 A of the collection portion  13  (shown as  FIG. 7A ), or may be located on the bottom portion  11  ( FIG. 7B ). Similar to the first liquid discharge outlet  15 , the second liquid discharge outlet  18  may be also connected to a catheter or a test tube. In the embodiment, for the urine collection, the second liquid discharge outlet  18  can be connected to the test tube, the first liquid discharge outlet  15  can be connected to the catheter, and one end of the catheter can be placed on a stool. In using the guiding device for urine collection  10 D, which is closed to the body so that the cup opening  14 A can cover the genitals. When urinating, the urine will enter the collection portion  13 , and outflow to the test tube through the second liquid discharge outlet  18 . The urine can be flowed from the catheter through the first liquid discharge outlet  15  when the urine is full of the test tube and the collected  13  and beyond the collection portion  13 . Thus, the user do not need to the splashing of urine, and do not need to control the flow of urine by physiological mechanism so as to avoid the urine overflow from the cup. 
         [0041]    The bottom portion  11  of the guiding device for urine collection  10 D may be an inclined surface. The inclined direction of the inclined surface is toward the direction of the first liquid discharge outlet  15  or the second liquid discharge outlet  18 , which may guide the urine to flow to the first liquid discharge outlet  15  or the second liquid discharge outlet  18 . Referring to  FIG. 8 , a guiding device for urine collection  10 E according to the fifth embodiment of the invention further comprises a bag  20 , which at least covers the first liquid discharge outlet  15 , and may be connected to the body  12 A by sleeved, stick, thermocompression bonding, or high frequency lamination. In the embodiment, the bag  20  is a zipper bag, which completely covers the first liquid discharge outlet  15  and the second liquid discharge outlet  18 . The urine can be sealed in the zipper bag to prevent the urine leakage when there are no toilet nearby. In another embodiment, the bag  20  may only covering the second liquid discharge outlet  18 , and the first liquid discharge outlet  15  is connected to the catheter or the test tube. 
         [0042]    As mentioned above, the size or shape of the first liquid discharge outlet and the second liquid discharge outlet are not limited, especially the second liquid discharge outlet can even be the same or smaller than the size of the bottom portion. The guiding device for urine collection with the above description, the user will not need to deliberately control the flow of the urine and the urine can be discharged into the default destination, while easy to do the urine collection, or do not want to touch the dirty potty in public toilets. 
         [0043]    Even though numerous characteristics and advantages of certain inventive embodiments have been set out in the foregoing description, together with details of the structures and functions of the embodiments, the disclosure is illustrative only. Changes may be made in detail, especially in matters of arrangement of parts, within the principles of the present disclosure to the full extent indicated by the broad general meaning of the terms in which the appended claims are expressed.