A urine collection device and a moisture-wicking article for use in a system for transporting urine voided from the urethra. The collection device includes an elongated container. The moisture-wicking article is wrapped and secured over an array of side openings in the container, and is disposed in contact with a region surrounding the urethral opening. Urine is drawn from the moisture wicking article through the side openings and into a chamber within the container, in which a plurality of subdivisions of the chamber extend from one end of the container adjacent the array of side openings a tunnel extends from an output port at the one end of the container and a collection space is adjacent a closed other end of the container. The chamber subdivisions extend to the collection space so that urine occupying the collection space can be drawn to the output port from the collection space through the tunnel. The moisture-wicking article includes moisture wicking material is embodied in an elongated sheath-like structure that can be wrapped and secured over the array of side openings. An impermeable layer is secured over a portion of the wicking material that is not disposed for contact with the region of a female body surrounding the urethral opening. The impermeable layer extends beyond and apart from a portion of the wicking material that is disposed for making such contact, to thereby form wing-like extensions by which the moisture-wicking article can be gripped. Data is read from a urine test strip inside transparent tubing being used to transport urine from the urine collection device. The quantity of the urine transported from urine collection device is indicated by monitoring the weight of a reservoir into which the urine is transported. The weight is monitored by using a scale disposed beneath the reservoir.
