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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 06, 2025
Filed:
Oct. 23, 2020
The Regents of the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
The Procter & Gamble Company, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Ali Attari, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
James A. Ashton-Miller, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
John O. Delancey, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Mark A. Burns, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Tana Marie Kirkbride, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Edward Paul Carlin, Mason, OH (US);
Alexzandra Joan Ramachandran, Blue Ash, OH (US);
Carol A. Day, Cincinnati, OH (US);
THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
THE PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Abstract
Wearable uroflowmetry systems having wearable uroflowmeters are disclosed. A disclosed example uroflowmetry system comprises a wearable uroflowmeter including: a funnel portion having an end configured to secure the funnel portion against a person, an outlet opposite the end, and a funnel configured to capture urine excreted by the person when the end is secured against the person, and to direct the captured urine into the outlet; a fluid passage portion having an opening configured to receive the urine from the outlet of the funnel portion, and a fluid channel to pass the received urine along a length of the fluid passage portion; and a measuring portion having a sensor in the fluid channel configured to collect one or more measurements of the urine as the urine passes the sensor, the measurements representative of at least one of a property of the urine, or a flow characteristic of the urine.