JPH06148176A - Urine collecting vessel - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To provide an urine collecting vessel capable of easily collecting a necessary minimum urine for urine test, and perfectly pouring the collected urine to a sealed vessel without leakage. CONSTITUTION:An urine collecting vessel is formed of an urine collector part formed of an urine gathering part having a long stick-like holding part and an urine gathering hole continued to the holding part and an urine receiving part continued on the top of the urine gathering part; and an urine housing vessel formed of a cutting part for breaking a part of the urine collector, an urine housing part for housing the urine flowing out from the urine collector, and a cap part. The urine gathering part 3 is exposed to the urine while holding the holding part 2 of the urine collector 1 to inject the urine into the urine receiving part 4 from the urine gathering hole 31, and the collected urine is poured to the urine housing part 6 which is a sealed vessel and housed therein.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a urine collection container for urine tests carried out in schools, hospitals, test centers and the like.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A urine test is a simple test that does not cause any pain to the test subject and is not a heavy burden on the tester side, but is important for the health condition of the test subject such as prediction of visceral diseases. Much information is available. Therefore, recently, many urine tests have been conducted in hospitals and test centers for first-time examiners, those undergoing medical examinations, and patients in hospital.

Conventionally, an examinee who receives a urine test collects urine in a paper cup and puts the urine-containing paper cup on a designated shelf or inserts a test paper into the paper cup to perform a test. I took out only the paper and put it in the designated place. The paper cups from which urine has been collected are collected from designated washrooms, etc. in a laboratory, and after being collected to some extent, a urine test is performed.

[0004]

The conventional method of collecting and inspecting urine in a paper cup has the following problems. First of all, it is often seen especially in women and elderly people, but it is difficult to collect urine accurately in a paper cup, and there is a risk that urine spills without entering the cup and stains hands and clothes,
It is unsanitary. It is difficult to collect urine in the case of Western style toilets. Also, it is necessary to be very careful when handling after collecting urine,
There was a risk of falling the test strips during the operation or overflowing when moving to the designated place.

In addition, in the present situation where many urine tests are always performed, many cups containing a sample are arranged side by side, and it takes a considerable space to store the cups before the test. . In addition, when moving or transporting the stored paper cups to the inspection place, the cups may drop or the cups may tilt and spill the sample in the cups, which makes it impossible to perform inspections or stains the surroundings. There was fear.
In addition, more than the amount of urine required for the test is often collected. Therefore, when many subjects' urine is collected, the odor is intense, and the work efficiency of doctors and nurses who perform urine tests is high. There was also an adverse effect such as lowering.

Further, Japanese Patent Application No. 3-3 filed by the applicant of the present application
A small urine collection stick that can easily collect the minimum necessary urine as disclosed in No. 19727 has also been developed, but it is easy to collect urine and the subsequent handling is simple, There is no problem if it is inserted and the test is completed, but when the sample is moved to the test location and the inspector performs a detailed test, it is difficult to store it with the stick upright there were.

Therefore, an object of the present invention is to extremely easily collect the minimum necessary amount of urine even in a Western-style toilet as with the above-mentioned small urine collecting stick, and at the same time, overflow the collected urine. It is an object of the present invention to provide a urine collection container of a type that can be safely transferred to a sealed container without any trouble.

[0008]

Means for Solving the Problems In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, a urine collecting container of the present invention has a structure in which a long stick-shaped gripping portion and a urine collecting port connected to the gripping portion are provided. Section and a urine container composed of a urine accommodating section connected to the base of the conical section of the urine collecting section, a cutting section for cutting a part of the urine collecting section, and urine flowing out from the urine collecting section It is characterized by comprising a urine storage container composed of a urine storage part for storing a urine and a lid part.

[0009]

With the above structure, by holding the long stick-shaped grip portion of the urine collection container in the hand and aiming the urine at the urine collection port, the minimum necessary amount of urine can be easily stored from the urine collection port. Can be collected in part. By pressing the bottom of the urine storage part containing urine against the cutting part of the urine storage part, a part of the bottom part of the urine collection device is cut and urine flows out from the urine collection device and is stored in the urine storage part. . By using a lid that closely adheres, the collected urine is stored in the urine storage section and moved in an upright position.
It can be transported.

[0010]

1 is a front view of a urine collecting container according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a sectional view of a urine collecting container 1, and FIG. A cross-sectional view is shown in FIG.
A plan view of the cutting section and a bottom view of the lid are shown in FIG.
A cross-sectional view of the is shown in FIG. Although various sizes of the gripping part can be considered, what is assumed in the present embodiment is that the gripping part has an outer diameter of about 6 mm.
In mm, the total length of the urine collection device is about 150 to 200 mm, and the urine storage container is about 100 mm.

The urine collection container 10 of this embodiment is a combination of the urine collection device 1 and the urine storage container 5. The urine collecting device 1 is formed by integrally molding a grip portion 2, a urine collecting portion 3, and a urine storage portion 4, and a urine storage container 5 is composed of a urine storage portion 6 and a cutting portion 7, and is a continuous lid portion. 8 is provided.

The grip portion 2 is composed of a hollow elongated rod-shaped body having a closed end. In this embodiment, the urine collecting part 3 and the urine accommodating part 4 are integrally formed of the same material, but since they are merely handles of the urine collecting part and the urine accommodating part, they do not need to be hollow and the material is not limited. .

The urine collecting portion 3 is composed of a conical portion which is projected from the gripping portion 2 and is continuous with the urine collecting portion 3, and a urine collecting port 31 is provided on the outer peripheral surface of the cone. The urine collection port 31 may have a configuration in which a cut is simply made in the outer peripheral wall, or a hole may be formed in the outer peripheral wall. When urine is applied to the urine collecting part 3, the urine collecting part projects in a conical shape, so that the urine can be surely introduced and collected in the urine collecting device.

The urine accommodating portion 4 is a cylindrical body having the same diameter as the conical bottom portion which is continuously formed on the base portion of the conical urine collecting portion 3 by molding, and the bottom portion 41 (see FIG. 2) has a sharp instrument (cutting). Ingredient
The thin film is so thin that it can be easily cut as necessary. The material of the thin film portion may be one that can be cut by sharp protrusions, and can be formed of a metal thin film such as a metal foil in addition to the plastic thin film.

The urine storage section 6 which constitutes the urine storage container 5 is shown in FIG.
As shown in the cross-sectional view of FIG. 3, the cylindrical body has an opening 65 formed in the upper portion, and has a diameter larger than that of the urine container 4, and the bottom of the urine container 4 is fitted to the upper part of the urine container. It is a combined structure. The inside of the urine storage unit 6 is composed of an outer cylindrical body 61 which is concentrically provided and constitutes an outer wall, and an inner cylindrical body 62 for storing urine which is provided inside. A hollow is formed between the outer cylinder and the inner cylinder.

On the upper part of the inner cylinder of the urine container 6, the container 4 is placed.
A cutting portion 7 is provided as a cutting tool for penetrating the bottom of the blade and cutting, and a cutting edge 71, which is a sharp projection, is provided so as to project upward. In this embodiment, sharp blade edges 71 are provided at four locations on the upper end of the circumferential edge of the inner cylinder.

As shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, the lid portion 8 is extended to the urine storage container 5, and a part 81 of the lid body is extended to be connected to the peripheral edge of the outer cylindrical body 61 of the urine storage container. Are integrally molded. The lid part is tightly joined to the opening part of the urine storage part and is hermetically sealed so that the collected and stored urine does not leak or leak even if the urine storage container falls down. Further, in this embodiment, a one-touch engagement method is adopted as a method for sealing the lid. As a joining method, it is also possible to take a method of rotating and screwing the lid body. The lid 8
If you can write the name or number of the person to be inspected on the surface of the inspector, when handling a large number of collected urine samples, you can easily identify the samples by listing from the top, so it is convenient without confusion is there.

The material of the main body of the urine collection container 10 is preferably formed of a material that does not emit toxic gas when incinerated.

Next, a method of collecting urine using the urine collecting container of this embodiment and a method of transferring it to a urine storage container will be described. When collecting urine, only the urine collector 1 shown in FIG. 2 is used, holding the grip portion 2 at the upper end of the urine collector 1 and keeping the urine collecting portion 3 and the urine container 4 downward. On the urine collection part 3. The urine that has been applied is taken into the inside of the urine collection device from the urine collection port 31 which is a notch or hole provided on the outer peripheral surface of the urine collection part and is collected in the urine accommodation part. It is desirable to collect urine in the middle, avoiding the beginning and end. Since the urine collecting part is larger than the diameter of the gripping part, it is possible to collect urine more easily. When the amount of urine necessary for the urine test changes depending on the purpose of the urine test, it is possible to appropriately change the amount of urine to be collected.

When transferring the collected urine to the urine container, the urine sampler 1 containing the urine is pressed and joined to the opening 65 of the urine container 5 from above as shown in FIG. The sharp blade 71 provided on the upper portion of the urine storage container 5 cuts the thin film of the bottom portion 41 of the urine storage unit 4 and stores the urine stored in the urine storage unit 4 in the urine storage container 6. After all the collected urine has been stored, the urine collection device is removed from the opening of the urine storage container, and the opening of the urine storage container 6 is hermetically closed by the lid 8. At the time of inspection, it is possible to open the lid of the urine storage container and transfer it to a test tube or the like, but it is also possible to insert the test paper directly into the urine collection container.

When the urine collecting container of this embodiment is used, anyone can easily collect urine because it is sufficient to apply the urine collecting device to the discharged urine. Further, since the distance between the urine storage unit 4 and the grip unit 2 is longer than the distance that the urine applied to the urine collection unit 3 scatters, when collecting urine, the bounced urine should be placed on the hand holding the stick. It does not hang and is hygienic.

[0022]

As described above, the use of the urine collection container according to the present invention has the following effects. First, since it is possible to collect urine even in a Western-style toilet simply by applying urine to the urine collection container, anyone can easily collect urine without soiling hands or clothes with urine. Unlike conventional urine collection cups and stick-type urine collection tools, the collected urine can be quickly stored in a urine storage container, and a lid that can be sealed can be attached, so it can be used from a washroom to an examination room. It is extremely hygienic to transport and move to and is easy and safe to handle. In addition, since the urine collection container can be placed upright, it is easy to store, and it is easy to organize a large number of specimens during storage and inspection. In addition, there is no fear of falling over, and since it is closed with a sealing lid, almost no odor is emitted, so that the inspector or the like does not feel uncomfortable and the working environment becomes good. Further, even if it falls from the examination table, there is no possibility that the collected sample will be scattered because the sealing lid is provided.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view showing an embodiment of a urine collection container.

FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view of a urine collection device that also constitutes a urine collection container.

FIG. 3 is a sectional view showing a state in which a urine collection device and a urine storage container are also combined.

FIG. 4 is a plan view of the cutting section and a bottom view of the lid body.

FIG. 5 is a sectional view of the urine collection container.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Urine sampler 2 Grip part 3 Urine collection part 31 Urine collection part 4 Urine storage part 41 Bottom part 5 Urine storage container 6 Urine storage part 61 Outer cylinder body 62 Inner cylinder body 65 Opening part 7 Cutting part 71 Cutting edge 8 Lid body 10 Urine Collection container

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A urine composed of a long bar-shaped gripping part, a urine collecting part provided with a urine collecting port connected to the gripping part, and a urine accommodating part connected to a base of the urine collecting part. What is claimed is: 1. A urine collection container comprising: a collecting device; a cutting part for breaking a part of the urine collecting device; a urine storing container configured with a urine storing part for storing urine flowing out from the urine collecting device; and a lid part. 2. A urine sampler, wherein the gripping part is composed of a hollow thin rod whose end is closed, the urine collecting part is composed of a conical part protruding from the gripping part, and the urine accommodating part is a cylindrical body and the bottom part is The urine collection container according to claim 1, wherein the urine collection container is formed of a thin film that is easy to cut. 3. The urine storage container has a cutting portion formed by a sharp projection, a urine storage portion formed by a cylindrical body, and a lid portion which is tightly joined to an opening portion of the urine storage portion so as to prevent leakage of urine. The urine collection container according to claim 1, which comprises a body 4. The urine collection container according to claim 1, wherein the urine collection port is a notch or a hole.