Automated urine output measurement systems and methods thereof

US11911160B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• C.R. Bard, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Steven Paul Woodard · Cupertino, US
• Jacob A. Wolf · Oakland, US
• Edward G. Solomon · Menlo Park, US
• Russell Ford · Palo Alto, US
• William Welch · Wakefield, US
• Mansour Saleki · Newark, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Aug 8, 2019
• Grant date: Feb 27, 2024
• Expiry date: Mar 14, 2040

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G01F1/007
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

An automated urine-output-measurement system can include single-patient equipment and multi-patient equipment. The single-patient equipment can include a urinary catheter and a urine-collection system. The urine-collection system can include drainage tubing and a drainage receptacle. The multi-patient equipment can include a urine monitor. The urine monitor can include a housing having a cavity configured to house the drainage receptacle, a urine-measurement means for measuring urine-output into the drainage receptacle, and an integrated display screen configured to display patient information including measurements of the urine output. A method of the automated urine-output-measurement system can include placing the drainage receptacle in the urine monitor of the automated urine-output-measurement system, and confirming a volume of urine in the drainage receptacle with that indicated on the urine monitor once a patient has produced urine.