ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,318,204, issued on June 3.
"Method and apparatus for collecting and analyzing urine samples" was invented by Cao Dong (Milpitas, Calif.), Long Di (San Jose, Calif.), Cheng Yang (Lexington, Mass.) and Longze Chen (Palmyra, Va.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A urine collecting and analyzing apparatus for a toilet, the apparatus including a housing with a seat riser that mounts to the toilet rim and a measurement chamber that extends downwardly into the bowl, a urine collecting basin, a flushing system to clean the apparatus, and a controller for data processing and transmission. The basin has a bowl shape to collect urine for testing and is...