Patent ID: 7896857

Claim:
A urine collection assembly, comprising: an external urine collection device for external attachment to a user's body to collect urine at the site where urine is released external to the user's body, said external urine collection device including a plurality of leaves for external attachment to the parameatal surface of a user's body and an outlet for urine drainage, said external urine collection device creating a parameatal seal with the user's body; and a urine collection chamber that communicates with said external urine collection device, said urine collection chamber comprising: a collection reservoir configured to be wearable in close proximity to the user's body below the waist and above the knees of the user and to hold urine excreted from a user and that drains through said outlet of said external urine collection device, an entrance conduit having an inlet external to said collection reservoir to receive urine from said external urine collection device and having an outlet terminating in said collection reservoir, said inlet of said entrance conduit being removably connected directly to said outlet of said external urine collection device without any intermediary drainage tubing between said inlet of said entrance conduit and said outlet of said external urine collection device, an anti-reflux valve within said collection reservoir in communication with said entrance conduit to receive urine from said entrance conduit, and an exit conduit on said collection reservoir configured to enable drainage of said collection reservoir and attachment of said collection reservoir to an additional urine collection chamber, wherein said exit conduit is connectible in sealing relation to a connector of drainage tubing of said additional urine collection chamber; wherein said collection reservoir is configured to fit entirely in the pre-pubic to perineal area of the user bordered by the most superior aspect of the symphosis pubis, the distal aspect of the coccyx, and the proximal medial thighs of the user, and said collection reservoir is of a composition to conform to ergonomic requirements for being worn in the pre-pubic to perineal area of the user; wherein said entrance conduit and said exit conduit are comprised of a material with a durometer of less than or equal to 60 Shore A durometer, and wherein said urine collection chamber has a minimal cross-sectional area such that any point within three inches of the site where said external urine collection device is attached to the user's body has no cross-sectional dimension exceeding two inches, and said entrance conduit has no cross-sectional dimension exceeding three inches.