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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 09, 2024
Filed:
Jul. 15, 2022
Starling Medical, Inc., Houston, TX (US);
Christopher Alex Arevalos, Houston, TX (US);
Sylvie Kalikoff, Houston, TX (US);
Hannah McKenney, Houston, TX (US);
William Andrew Hendricks, III, Houston, TX (US);
Patricia Thai, Pearland, TX (US);
Kunj Sheth, San Francisco, CA (US);
Starling Medical, Inc., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
In some embodiments, an external bladder management system that is configured to reside within a urine collection receptacle (e.g., a toilet) includes a body that houses a fluid testing chamber. The fluid testing chamber is fluidically coupled to a fluid inlet and a fluid outlet. The system further includes a fluid capturing funnel fluidically coupled to and extending from the body and configured to couple the body to the urine collection receptacle. The system further includes an optical sensor disposed within the body and including (1) an emitter configured to convey light across the fluid testing chamber, and (2) an optical detector capable of measuring an intensity of the light as the light exits the fluid testing chamber. The fluid inlet, fluid testing chamber, and fluid outlet are collectively configured to encourage a laminar flow profile of the fluid as it flows through the fluid testing chamber.