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An improved device adapted for selectively, inexpensively, sterilely, and rapidly collecting, in a simple manner, the mid-stream portion of urine during voiding. The components of the device are easy and economical to mass manufacture and assemble and are disposable. They comprise an open topped cup which is preferably generally inverted frusto-conical in shape and has a first small opening in the bottom thereof to drain off the initial portion of urine as it is voided. The cup sidewall has a second opening through which extends the neck of a urine collecting bottle, the open head of which is in the cup interior. A resilient plug, preferably of plastic, releasably grips the neck and seals the bottle to the cup, while shielding the bottle head from direct access of urine as it passes into the cup. The plug has a urine passageway extending upwardly therethrough into contact with the bottle head. An overflow opening, preferably in the form of an inverted triangle, is disposed in the cup sidewall at about the height of the second cup opening. The device includes a cap for closing the bottle after use and has removable closures over its open top, bottom opening and overflow opening for sterile protection. It is immediately useable as soon as the closures are removed.

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