ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,349,875, issued on July 8.
"Device for collecting midstream urine from a human individual" was invented by Jesper Fleischer (Hojberg, Denmark), Peter Christian Boldsen (Risskov, Denmark), Anders Geert Jensen (Risskov, Denmark) and Morten Haaning Charles (Risskov, Denmark).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a urine collection device (100) for collecting midstream urine; wherein said device, in the orientation intended during urine collection, comprising: a first recipient (2) for urine; a second recipient (4) for urine; a urine diverting means (5); wherein said urine collection device (100) comprises a third recipient (...