A device for collection of a mid-stream urine sample from a patient includes a catch device for the receipt of urine from a urine stream a biasing component and a release component wherein the device has a first condition in which urine from a urine stream is unable to enter the catch device and a second condition in which urine from the urine stream is able to enter the catch device, said biasing component urging the apparatus towards the second condition and being operatively restrained by the release component and wherein, with the device in the first condition, urine from a urine stream causes or is able to cause the release component to cease operatively restraining the biasing component whereby the device adopts the second condition under action of the biasing component.
