Surgery – Means and methods for collecting body fluids or waste material – Receptacle attached to or inserted within body to receive...
Patent
1997-05-22
1998-04-14
Weiss, John G.
Surgery
Means and methods for collecting body fluids or waste material
Receptacle attached to or inserted within body to receive...
604335, A61F 544
Patent
active
057386684
DESCRIPTION:
BRIEF SUMMARY
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
This invention concerns the field of fecal incontinence devices and, more particularly, to a device for and a method of effectively cleaning out said devices.
DESCRIPTION OF THE RELEVANT PRIOR ART
The use of incontinence devices such as ostomy pouches, colostomy bags, urostomy bags, as well as incontinence devices used in conjunction with natural body orifices, has been increasing in recent years. Patients with cancerous lesions, as well as other conditions of the gastrointestinal and urinary tracts, are often subjected to surgical procedures which remove parts of these systems, thus rendering the natural body orifices ineffective. It is frequently necessary to surgically create stoma or openings for the passage of, for example, fecal material. Thus, waste passing through these surgically created stoma must be collected via the now-familiar ostomy pouch or colostomy bag. Since the number of persons subjected to such surgical intervention has greatly increased in recent years, the problem of effectively cleaning these incontinence devices has become increasingly urgent.
A number of prior art devices are known for washing such incontinence devices. Examples include U.S. Pat. Nos.: 3,736,934; 4,194,506; 4,692,159; and 4,941,878. However, none of these prior art efforts are convenient or effective in use.
U.S. Pat. No. 4,941,878 discloses an ostomy pouch flusher comprising an elongate wand having a fluid inlet and discharge ports adjacent to opposite ends. A handle is provided on the wand adjacent to the inlet end. A framework of generally parallel rods extend along the wand and are spaced from each other to define therewith an open space for passage of a supply fluid and ostomy waste. The handle of the wand is connected via a hose to a faucet adapter for connection to a supply of cold water. No means is provided on this device for augmenting the flow rate of the water flowing therethrough except by means of adjusting the flow rate of the supply of cold water. Thus, the device has limited effectiveness.
U.S. Pat. No. 5,096,503 discloses an apparatus for washing body waste bags that have an opening. The device includes a diverter valve having an internally threaded spout to attach to a faucet. The diverter valve has a plunger, and a reduced size nipple adapted to be received in a small opening in a body waste bag. When the faucet is turned on, and the plunger is in a diverter open position, the water from the faucet flows normally through the diverter valve for regular use into the bag to wash it. When the plunger is in a closed position, the water flows through reduced sized openings to wash the bag with a reduced stream of water. The diverter valve remains on the faucet so that the faucet is available for normal use. Again, the device disclosed in this patent provides a cleansing stream of water, but the flow rate thereof is, if anything, actually less than that of water flowing from the faucet in its undiverted condition. Thus, the force of the stream used to clean the bag is no greater, and probably less, resulting in reduced effectiveness of the cleansing action thereof.
What is needed is a device for cleaning colostomy bags and other waste bags which is simple and easy to use, which may be used in conjunction with a readily available supply of hot and cold water, such as the typical faucet, but which is effective in cleaning the inside of the bag.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates to a device for cleansing a body waste bag of the type including an upper end adapted to be attached to a stoma to receive waste from the patient's body and a lower end including a discharge opening.
The device includes a valve body having an inlet and an outlet and defining a fluid passage extending within the body between the inlet and the outlet; an elongated flexible hose having an outlet fitting at one end for attachment to an inlet of the valve body and an inlet fitting at another end thereof for attachment to a source of running water; a valving device positioned in the passage
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Cho David J.
Weiss John G.
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