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A urinary collection device for human females has a collecting basin with an oval inlet and a skirt around the outside of the oval inlet. A projection is provided from a short side of the oval inlet for insertion into the entrance to the vaginal opening to position the inlet about the urethral openi

A urinary collection device for human females has a collecting basin with an oval inlet and a skirt around the outside of the oval inlet. A projection is provided from a short side of the oval inlet for insertion into the entrance to the vaginal opening to position the inlet about the urethral opening. A back of the collecting basin has a portion for receiving pressure to urge the inlet into a liquid tight seal against the user. The outlet of the collecting basin has a portion for connecting to a collecting tube which leads to a collecting reservoir. Some embodiments include a bellows between an outlet of the collecting basin and the portion for connection to the collecting tube. The bellows flexes to permit changes in angular orientation between the collecting basin and the collecting tube. An embodiment of the bellows may flex into a conical void within the back of the collecting basin to draw urine into the collection device upon unflexing, or expanding, of the bellows.

대표청구항 ▼

[ We claim:] [1.] A urinary collector for a human female, comprising:a collecting basin having an inlet opening and an outlet opening, said inlet opening having a rounded edge;a collecting tube connecting portion for connection to a collecting tube, said collecting tube connecting portion being in f

[ We claim:] [1.] A urinary collector for a human female, comprising:a collecting basin having an inlet opening and an outlet opening, said inlet opening having a rounded edge;a collecting tube connecting portion for connection to a collecting tube, said collecting tube connecting portion being in fluid communication with said outlet opening of said collecting basin; andstructure defining a collapsible chamber between said outlet opening of said collecting basin and said collecting tube connecting portion, said structure having a thick walled side and a thin walled side, said thin walled side having a predetermined shape in a non-collapsed condition, said thin walled side collapsing into said thick walled side upon axial compression by folding of said predetermined shape to collapse said collapsible chamber, said thick walled side being of sufficient thickness to retain its shape when subjected to the axial compression during collapse of said thin walled side.