ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,453,539, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to Thomas Jefferson University (Philadelphia).
"Midstream urine collection" was invented by Dante Varotsis (Philadelphia), Anthony DiFranco Jr. (Philadelphia), Christopher Neely (Macungie, Pa.) and Helen Xu (Philadelphia).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Midstream urine collection with a device having an upper portion which forms an initial collection well, and a lower portion divided into an initial stream collection reservoir and a midstream collection reservoir. The device further includes a collection cavity and drain to allow a urine stream to flow into the housing. The device further includes a...