Patents by Inventor Edmond Charleton

Edmond Charleton has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Apparatus for collecting a mid-stream urine sample
    Patent number: 5711310
    Abstract: An apparatus for collecting a mid-stream urine sample includes a funnel having a wide end and a narrow end. The funnel is supported over a specimen container with the narrow end of the funnel at a mouth of the specimen container. A tubular receptacle depends from and is in fluid communication with the narrow end of the funnel. The tubular receptacle has at least one radial overflow passage adjacent the narrow end of the funnel. Once the tubular receptacle is filled with urine, any further urine entering the tubular receptacle overflows through the radial overflow passage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 1996
    Date of Patent: January 27, 1998
    Inventors: Thuraiayah Vinayagamoorthy, Edmond Charleton