Urinary Catheter Collection Bag with Replaceable Filter, US12605269B1
Summary
The USPTO granted patent US12605269B1 to six inventors for a urinary catheter urine collection system featuring a removable blockage filter positioned between the collection bag and drainage tube. The system includes a flow valve with open and closed configurations that selectively directs urine through the filter to trap blockage material. The patent, granted April 21, 2026, claims 20 patent claims covering the replaceable filter cup design with wall slits.
What changed
The USPTO issued patent US12605269B1 covering a urinary catheter urine collection system with a removable blockage filter and integrated flow valve. The filter is positioned between the collection bag and the drainage tube, using a cup design with wall slits to filter blockage material from urine as it passes through the drainage tube. The system includes 20 claims encompassing the fluid coupling between catheter and bag inlet, the filter cup architecture, and the valve mechanism.
Medical device manufacturers producing catheter-based urine collection systems should review this patent when developing or acquiring similar drainage technologies. The replaceable filter design and valve positioning between bag and drainage tube represent a distinct claim scope that may affect freedom-to-operate analyses for competing catheter bag systems.
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Urinary catheter urine collection bag with replaceable drain blockage filter
Grant US12605269B1 Kind: B1 Apr 21, 2026
Inventors
Shelby Elizabeth Peterson, Benjamin Daniel Wilson, Brianna Vance, Christina Hassib Aridi, Natalia Evelyn Duran Valenzuela, Hannah Jane Oman
Abstract
A urinary catheter urine collection system with a urinary catheter fluidly coupled to a bag inlet to pass urine from a patient to the bag. A drainage tube fluidly coupled to a bag outlet to pass urine out of the bag. A removable blockage filter between the bag and the drainage tube to filter the urine passing through the drainage tube, the blockage filter having a cup, cup wall and a plurality of wall slits. A flow valve removably positioned between the bag and the blockage filter to selectively block urine flow to the blockage filter, with open and closed configurations. In use, the catheter is inserted into the patient to drain urine from the patient to the bag, and blockage material in the urine is filtered from the urine with the blockage filter as the urine is passed from the bag.
CPC Classifications
A61F 5/4405 A61F 5/441 A61F 2/013 A61F 2/01 A61M 25/0017 A61M 2210/1085 A61M 25/10 A61M 1/84 A61M 2039/248 A61M 2205/75 A61M 60/851 A61M 1/60 A61M 1/63 A61M 1/631 A61M 1/64 A61M 1/70 A61M 1/71 A61M 1/69 A61M 2210/1082 A61M 25/0082 A61M 1/79 A61B 2217/005 A61B 2017/22079 A61B 2034/301 A61B 17/22 A61B 2018/00511 A61B 18/24
Filing Date
2023-10-02
Application No.
18479399
Claims
20
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