CN221865766U

CN221865766U - Urine collection device

Info

Publication number: CN221865766U
Application number: CN202322867220.1U
Authority: CN
Inventors: 任郭子君; 文文; 沈佳斌
Original assignee: Third Affiliated Hospital Of Chinese People's Liberation Army Naval Medical University
Current assignee: Third Affiliated Hospital Of Chinese People's Liberation Army Naval Medical University
Priority date: 2023-10-25
Filing date: 2023-10-25
Publication date: 2024-10-22
Anticipated expiration: 2033-10-25

Abstract

The utility model discloses a urine collection device, which belongs to the technical field of biological sampling devices. The urine collection device comprises a urine retention area, a buffer control area and a urine discharge area, wherein the accommodating cavity of the urine retention area is designed to be a funnel-shaped structure with an open top surface to form an opening facing upward and an inner wall smoothly transitioned through a curved surface, so that it is not easy to splash out during the urine retention process, and urine can be prevented from contaminating the hands of the subject to be tested during the urine retention process; the buffer control area is mainly composed of a cavity and round beads contained in the cavity, and the position of the round beads can be controlled to avoid contamination problems during the process of urine transfer to the urinary catheter.

Description

Urine collection device

Technical Field

The utility model belongs to the technical field of biological sampling devices, and particularly relates to a urine collecting device.

Background

At present, when a urine sample is collected, a relatively common urine cup is used, and the urine cup is of a cup-shaped structure with a handle and a drainage port, and the urine cup is used for detecting by taking a proper amount of middle-section urine from an object to be detected into the urine cup and pouring the urine in the urine cup into a urine tube. However, the use of this urine cup is prone to contamination problems during the process of collecting urine: firstly, urine is easy to splash out to pollute the hand of a to-be-detected object in the urine collecting process; secondly, pour the in-process of urinary catheter into with urine in the urine cup, on the one hand because the urinary catheter mouth of pipe is less, urine easily pours the hand of the pollution object of examining outside the pipe, on the other hand then because urine in the urine cup is big with outside area of contact, urine sample is polluted by environmental bacteria easily, and then leads to the testing result inaccurate.

To solve the problem of contamination during the collection of urine samples, patent document CN217611149U (hereinafter, referred to as document 1) discloses an anti-contamination urine collection container comprising: cup, rim of a cup, bottom of a cup and handle, wherein through improving the rim of a cup department shape of container, oval rim of a cup combines the lower shape in the middle to adapt to female patient's health structure, and circular bottom of a cup makes the cup inner wall for having the curved surface of certain gradient to liquid splashes and prevents the hand by the pollution when getting urine. However, the anti-pollution urine collection container of the document 1 cannot solve the problem of pollution during pouring of urine therein into a urinary catheter. Patent document CN219000350U (hereinafter referred to as document 2) discloses a disposable urine specimen collector, which comprises a urine cup and a test tube, wherein the bottom of the urine cup is provided with a urine outlet, an elastic rubber plug is arranged in the urine outlet, a plug body channel which is closed in a natural state is arranged in the elastic rubber plug, the top of the test tube is provided with a cannula, and the cannula can extend into the inner cavity of the urine cup along the plug body channel and guide urine in the urine cup into the test tube. Therefore, the collector disclosed in the document 2 can avoid the problem of pollution in the process of transferring urine to the urinary catheter, but the collector still has the problem that urine is easy to splash out in the urine collecting process so as to pollute the hand of a to-be-detected object.

Disclosure of utility model

In view of one or more of the problems of the prior art, the present utility model provides a urine collection device, comprising a urine retention zone, further comprising: buffer control zone and urine output zone, wherein:

The urine retaining area comprises a funnel-shaped accommodating cavity with an upward opening formed by an opening on the top surface, an opening communicated with the top of the buffer control area is formed in the bottom of the accommodating cavity, and the bottom opening of the accommodating cavity is smoothly transited to the opening on the top surface through a curved surface;

The buffer control zone comprises a cavity and a ball accommodated in the cavity, wherein the top of the cavity is connected with the accommodating cavity, the bottom of the cavity is connected with the urine outlet zone, and the ball can be used for communicating the cavity with the urine outlet zone in response to the extrusion of the ball;

the urine outlet area is used for being connected with a urine tube.

In some embodiments, the horizontal cross-section of the receiving chamber is semi-elliptical.

In some embodiments, the structure of the receiving cavity is a toilet bowl-like structure.

In some embodiments, the outer diameter of the bead is less than the inner diameter of the cavity, and the outer diameter of the bead is greater than the bottom opening inner diameter of the cavity.

In some embodiments, the round beads are round glass beads.

In some embodiments, the urine output region is a plastic tube.

In some embodiments, the end of the plastic tube remote from the buffer control zone is provided with a tip.

In some embodiments, the top of the cavity is integrally or removably connected to the bottom of the receiving cavity.

In some embodiments, the bottom of the cavity is integrally connected or removably connected to the top of the urine output region.

The urine collecting device based on the technical scheme comprises a urine retaining area, a buffer control area and a urine discharging area. The holding cavity of the urine reserving area is designed to be of a funnel-shaped structure with an upward opening formed by an open top surface and a smooth transition of the inner wall through a curved surface, urine is not easy to splash out in the urine reserving process, and therefore urine can be prevented from polluting the hand of an object to be detected. The buffer control area mainly comprises a cavity which swells on the pipeline and a ball which is accommodated in the cavity, and the ball can freely move in the cavity, wherein the design of the cavity can buffer urine flowing down from the accommodating cavity of the urine reserving area on one hand, the urine in the urine reserving area is further prevented from splashing, the collected urine can be stored on the other hand, the ball in the urine reserving area can be moved through the extrusion cavity when needed, the cavity is communicated with the pipeline of the urine outlet area (which can be inserted into a urine pipe for detecting urine), and the urine can be directly led into the urine pipe from the urine outlet area, so that the pollution problem in the urine transferring process is avoided. In addition, when the accommodating cavity of the urine reserving area is further designed to be similar to the structure of a toilet bowl (the horizontal section can be semi-elliptic), the accommodating cavity can be more fit with the urine reserving design of women and is not easy to spill. The round beads used in the cavity of the buffer control area can be glass beads, and after the urine collecting device provided by the utility model is used, the glass beads in the cavity can be recovered and can be reused after being sterilized by high-pressure steam, so that the cost can be reduced.

Drawings

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of a urine collection device according to an embodiment of the present utility model;

the reference numerals in the drawings are as follows:

1: a urine retention area; 11: a receiving chamber;

2: a buffer control region; 21: a cavity; 22: a round bead;

3: a urination zone.

Detailed Description

The utility model aims to provide a urine collecting device so as to effectively solve the problem of pollution during urine sample collection.

The utility model is realized by the following specific embodiments:

As shown in fig. 1, the urine collecting device provided by the utility model comprises a urine retaining area 1, a buffer control area 2 and a urine outlet area 3, wherein: the urine retaining area 1 comprises a funnel-shaped accommodating cavity 11 with an upward opening formed by an opening on the top surface, the bottom of the accommodating cavity 11 is provided with an opening communicated with the top of the buffer control area 2, and the bottom opening of the accommodating cavity 11 is smoothly transited to the opening on the top surface through a curved surface; the buffer control area 2 comprises a cavity 21 (such as a cavity swelled on a plastic pipeline) and a ball 22 accommodated in the cavity 21, wherein the top of the cavity 21 is connected with the accommodating cavity 11, the bottom of the cavity 21 is connected with the urine outlet area 3, and the ball 22 can be used for communicating the cavity 21 with the urine outlet area 3 in response to the extrusion of the ball (namely, when the urine collecting device is used, the ball 22 is blocked at the joint of the bottom of the cavity 21 and the urine outlet area 3 through the weight of the ball 22, so that the position of the ball 22 can be moved by extruding the ball 22, and the cavity 21 and the urine outlet area 3 are communicated; the urine outlet area 3 is connected to a urine tube for detecting a urine sample, so that urine stored in the cavity 21 can be introduced into the urine tube through the urine outlet area 3.

In the urine collecting device provided by the utility model, the accommodating cavity 11 of the urine reserving area 1 is designed to be of a funnel-shaped structure with an upward opening formed by the opening of the top surface and the inner wall of the funnel-shaped structure is smoothly transited through the curved surface, so that urine is not easy to splash out in the urine reserving process, and the urine can be prevented from polluting the hand of an object to be detected. The design of the cavity 21 of the buffer control area 2 can buffer the urine flowing down from the accommodating cavity 11 of the urine reserving area 1 on one hand, further avoid the urine splashing of the urine reserving area 1, store the collected urine on the other hand, and only squeeze the round beads 22 in the cavity 21 when needed, so that the cavity 21 is communicated with the pipeline of the urine discharging area 3 (which can be inserted into a urine pipe for detecting urine), and the operation is simple and convenient by one hand, and the urine can be directly led into the urine pipe from the urine discharging area 3 without being splashed to the hand of a to-be-detected object, thereby avoiding the pollution problem in the urine transferring process. In addition, the buffer control zone 2 is located between the urine retention zone 1 and the urine discharge zone 3, and when urine is stored in its cavity 21, the contact time and contact area of the urine with air are greatly reduced, which also slows down or even avoids bacterial growth in the urine.

In a preferred embodiment, the horizontal section of the accommodating cavity 11 is semi-elliptical, for example, the accommodating cavity 11 is designed to be similar to the structure of a toilet bowl (i.e. the main structure of the toilet except the water tank), so that the accommodating cavity can be more fit to the design of female urine retention and is not easy to spill.

In a preferred embodiment, the outer diameter of the ball 22 is smaller than the inner diameter of the cavity 21, and the outer diameter of the ball 22 is larger than the inner diameter of the bottom opening of the cavity 21, in which case the ball 22 can freely move in the cavity 21 and can be located on the bottom opening of the cavity 21 by self gravity in use, so as to seal the cavity 21 and the urine outlet area 3, and when the ball 22 is pressed, the ball 22 can easily communicate the cavity 21 with the urine outlet area 3, so that urine in the cavity 21 flows into the urine outlet area 3.

In a preferred embodiment, the beads 22 may be round glass beads that can be removed for autoclaving after a single use and further recycled, which is advantageous in terms of cost.

In a preferred embodiment, the urine outlet zone 3 is a plastic tube, preferably with a pointed end at the end of the tube remote from the buffer control zone 2, facilitating insertion of the urine outlet zone 3 into a urine tube for urine detection.

In a preferred embodiment, the top of the cavity 21 is integrally or detachably connected (e.g. by screwing) to the bottom of the receiving chamber 11, and the bottom of the cavity 21 is also integrally or detachably connected (e.g. by screwing) to the top of the urine output zone 3.

The present utility model will be described in more detail below with reference to the examples and the accompanying drawings, and it is apparent that the examples will assist in understanding the present utility model, but should not be construed as limiting the present utility model.

Example 1

As shown in fig. 1, which shows a schematic structural diagram of the urine collection device provided in this embodiment, the urine collection device includes: a urine retention area 1, a buffer control area 2 and a urine discharge area 3. Wherein: the urine retention area 1 comprises a funnel-shaped accommodating cavity 11 with an upward opening formed by an opening on the top surface, the horizontal section of the accommodating cavity 11 is semi-elliptic, similar to the structure of a toilet bowl, the bottom of the accommodating cavity 11 is provided with an opening communicated with the top of the buffer control area 2, and the bottom opening of the accommodating cavity 11 is smoothly transited to the top surface opening thereof through a curved surface (similar to the smooth curved surface design of the inner wall of the toilet bowl). The buffer control zone 2 comprises a cavity 21 (in this embodiment a cavity which bulges on a plastic pipe in particular) and a bead 22 accommodated in this cavity 21, in this embodiment the bead 22 is a circular glass bead having an outer diameter smaller than the inner diameter of the cavity 21 but larger than the inner diameter of the bottom opening of the cavity 21, whereby this bead 22 is free to move within the cavity 21 and is closable by its own weight at the bottom opening of the cavity 21, wherein the top of the cavity 21 is connected to the accommodation chamber 11 (for example by a pipe integrally or by a screw structure detachably), and the bottom of the cavity 21 is connected to the urine outlet zone 3 (for example the bottom of the cavity 21 is integrally connected to one end of the urine outlet zone 3 or by a screw structure detachably). The urine outlet area 3 is a plastic pipe, and a pointed end (for example, a pointed end obtained by beveling the plastic pipe) is designed at one end of the plastic pipe far away from the cavity 21, and can be used for being conveniently inserted into a urine tube for detecting urine, so that the urine stored in the cavity 21 can be drained into the urine tube.

When the urine collecting device provided by the embodiment is used for collecting a urine sample, a to-be-detected object holds the position of the tube part of the urine area 3 to collect urine, the urine enters the cavity 21 of the buffer control area 2 through the accommodating cavity 11 of the urine collecting area 1, and at the moment, the round beads 22 in the cavity 21 are plugged at the bottom opening of the cavity 21 through self gravity, so that the urine is stored in the cavity 21. After the urine is left, the tube part of the urine outlet area 3 is inserted into a urine tube for detecting the urine, the ball 22 in the cavity 21 is extruded to move upwards, the cavity 21 is communicated with the urine outlet area 3, and the urine stored in the cavity 21 flows into the urine tube through the urine outlet area 3. After the urine volume in the urinary catheter reaches the requirement, the extrusion of the ball 22 in the cavity 21 is released, and the connecting channel between the cavity 21 and the urine outlet area 3 is closed again. And (5) sending the collected urine sample in the urinary catheter to a clinical laboratory for inspection. The urine collecting device is recovered after use, and the round beads 22 in the buffer control area 2 can be reused after high-temperature high-pressure sterilization. As can be seen from the use process, the urine collecting device provided by the utility model can avoid the pollution problems in the urine collecting process and the urine transferring process to the urinary catheter.

Finally, it should be noted that: the foregoing description is only a preferred embodiment of the present utility model, and is not intended to limit the present utility model, but although the present utility model has been described in detail with reference to the foregoing embodiments, it will be apparent to those skilled in the art that modifications may be made to the technical solutions described in the foregoing embodiments, or that equivalents may be substituted for part of the technical features thereof. Any modification, equivalent replacement, improvement, etc. made within the spirit and principle of the present utility model should fall within the content of the present utility model.

Claims

1. A urine collection device comprising a urine retention zone (1), characterized in that the urine collection device further comprises: a buffer control zone (2) and a urine output zone (3), wherein:

The urine retaining area (1) comprises a funnel-shaped accommodating cavity (11) with an upward opening formed by an opening on the top surface, an opening communicated with the top of the buffer control area (2) is formed at the bottom of the accommodating cavity (11), and the bottom opening of the accommodating cavity (11) is smoothly transited to the opening on the top surface through a curved surface;

the buffer control zone (2) comprises a cavity (21) and a ball (22) accommodated in the cavity (21), wherein the top of the cavity (21) is connected with the accommodating cavity (11), the bottom of the cavity (21) is connected with the urine outlet zone (3), the outer diameter of the ball (22) is smaller than the inner diameter of the cavity (21), and the outer diameter of the ball (22) is larger than the inner diameter of the bottom opening of the cavity (21);

The urine outlet area (3) is used for being connected with a urine tube.

2. The urine collection device according to claim 1, wherein the horizontal cross section of the receiving chamber (11) is semi-elliptical.

3. The urine collection device according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the structure of the receiving chamber (11) is a toilet bowl-like structure.

4. The urine collection device according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the beads (22) are round glass beads.

5. The urine collection device according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the urine outlet zone (3) is a plastic tube.

6. The urine collection device according to claim 5, wherein the end of the plastic tube remote from the buffer control zone (2) is provided with a spike.

7. A urine collection device as claimed in claim 1 or claim 2, in which the top of the cavity (21) is integrally or detachably connected to the bottom of the receiving chamber (11).

8. The urine collection device according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the bottom of the cavity (21) is integrally or detachably connected to the top of the urine discharge zone (3).