Method and device for examining urine for particulate constituents

US4393141A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Battelle Institute e.V. · DE

Inventors

• Gert Schlueter · Bad Soden am Taunus, DE
• Wilhelm Schuster · Linz, AT

Key dates

• Filing date: Feb 25, 1982
• Grant date: Jul 12, 1983
• Expiry date: Feb 25, 2002

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10T436/255
• WIPO field: Measurement
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

To examine urine for particulate constituents, the urine is pased through a filter of synthetic fibers that are soluble in alcohol or in an alcohol-water mixture immediately after withdrawal. The filter material together with the constituents retained in it is then immediately dissolved in a cell-fixing solvent, in which it is protected from environmental influences and stored until it is examined. An appropriate device for the implementation of this method consists of a urine collector and a filter cartridge which is fastened to the collector by a spring catch and can be detached after the urine has been passed through the filter, and connected liquid-tight with a storage vessel containing the solvent.