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A device for collecting a urine specimen, which is particularly adapted for females, is configured and adapted for use while the user is sitting on a toilet in the normal position for voiding. The device comprises a collector and a specimen container, preferably integrally assembled together. In use

A device for collecting a urine specimen, which is particularly adapted for females, is configured and adapted for use while the user is sitting on a toilet in the normal position for voiding. The device comprises a collector and a specimen container, preferably integrally assembled together. In use the device selectively collects the clean, contaminant-free mid-stream portion of urine in the container. The urine specimen container is releasably secured to the collector at a bleed-off conduit extending from a collection exit in a urine receiving chamber of the collector. This exit is positioned in the chamber above a urine bleed-off exit in the conduit adapted for receiving and discarding the first-voided portion of urine at a controlled rate. Means are provided for directing into the toilet all of the voided urine in excess of that which is retained in the specimen container, including the discarded first-voided portion. A suitable handle extends radially outward from the collector to facilitate holding the device in the preferred attitude for use. In one embodiment, a flow director is included to deflect the first-voided portion from entering the specimen container.

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A urine specimen collecting device for selectively collecting a mid-stream portion of voided urine, the device comprising in combination: an integral collector and specimen container, the collector having a first drain exit and a second transfer exit for different portions of the voided urine, the f

A urine specimen collecting device for selectively collecting a mid-stream portion of voided urine, the device comprising in combination: an integral collector and specimen container, the collector having a first drain exit and a second transfer exit for different portions of the voided urine, the first exit being positioned near the bottom of the collector for bleeding off the first-voided urine, the second exit being positioned above the first exit for transferring urine following the first-voided urine to the specimen container; the collector including a bleed-off conduit extending between the first and second exits; the specimen container being toroidally-shaped and configured for releasable mounting on the bleed-off conduit in a position surrounding said conduit for receiving urine flowing through the second exit; a flexible lid sealingly mounted on the specimen container about the periphery thereof and having a central ring opening spaced from the container to define an opening adjacent the second exit for transferring a specimen of urine into the container; and overflow means coupled to the specimen container for transferring excess urine from the device.