Novel component devices for urine management systems including a novel
collection device, a novel conveyance tube, and a novel storage
container. The collection device, a novel male catheter, comprises a
waterproof, thin-walled conduction tube surrounding the penis, having
wettable internal walls and containing a spacing wick. At one end, the
conduction tube is connected to, or surrounded by, an elastic compression
tube that provides a uniform compressive force around the girth of the
penis for attachment and liquid seal to said penis, and at the other end
is attached to a fitting that connects to the conveyance tube. The
elastic compression tube is radially expanded prior to donning and, when
in place over the penis, is allowed to elastically retract, providing
radial compression for comfortable, and leak-free fit and use. The
conveyance tube, which carries urine from collector to storage container,
contains a spacer throughout its length to prevent the tube lumen from
being completely closed and sealed off by kinks or twists in the tube.
Said tube may be a thin-wall flat tube that can conform to the body shape
of the wearer, can expand in cross-section as flow rate increases, and
can shrink and flatten as flow rate drops off. Urine is retained as
immobilized material in a storage container that can be either replaced
and disposed of or emptied and reused with cleaning as needed. The
storage container's internal structure also provides a means for unique
fluid transfer and retention capabilities. A system comprised entirely of
said novel devices, serially and contiguously connected, forms a
continuous liquid pathway that enables removal of residual pools of
urine, as well as transport and storage of urine at locations that are
gravitationally higher than the source.