Surgery – Means and methods for collecting body fluids or waste material – Receptacle attached to or inserted within body to receive...
Reexamination Certificate
1998-09-15
2001-02-13
Weiss, John G. (Department: 3761)
Surgery
Means and methods for collecting body fluids or waste material
Receptacle attached to or inserted within body to receive...
Reexamination Certificate
active
06186989
ABSTRACT:
TITLE OF THE INVENTION
A covering bag for an artificial anus outfit and a wearing device for the artificial anus outfit
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a covering bag for an artificial anus outfit, and also relates to a wearing device for the artificial anus outfit, comprising the covering bag and a support belt.
2. Description of the Prior Art
An artificial anus outfit is used to store excrement discharged from an artificial anus in a bag-like container worn by a user, and the bag-like container is often covered with a covering bag to hide contents. However, it is troublesome to cover the bag-like container with the covering bag. In addition, when the user lies down with the bag-like container kept worn, the bag-like container may be pressed by the body of the user, and the contents of the container are apt to leak.
FIGS. 6
to
9
are views showing the structure of a conventional artificial anus outfit which may cause the above-mentioned problem.
A so-called one-piece pouch is shown in
FIGS. 6 and 7
. The numeral
1
designates a bag-like container having a flat structure and made of plastics or the like. The numeral
2
designates an upper opening to which a skin contact plate
3
is installed. A lower opening
4
is closed with a removable clamp
5
. The skin contact plate
3
is shaped like a ring having a central hole
3
a
and a flange
3
b,
and made of soft flexible plastics or the like. A skin protection agent layer is formed on the outer surface of the flange
3
b,
and the layer is covered with a removable cover sheet
6
when not in use. When this artificial anus outfit is used, the cover sheet
6
of the flange
3
b
is peeled off, the skin contact plate
3
is made contact with the skin around the artificial anus, the discharge portion (not shown) of the artificial anus is inserted from the central hole
3
a
to the upper opening
2
so as to be projected in the interior of the bag-like container
1
, and the outfit is pressed appropriately by cloths and the like.
A so-called two-piece pouch is shown in FIG.
8
. The skin contact plate
3
shown in
FIG. 9
as an example is removably installed to the bag-like container
1
. A ring-shaped member
2
a
made of soft plastics or the like is provided at the upper opening
2
of the bag-like container
1
. A ring-shaped groove
2
b
is formed on the surface of the ring-shaped member
2
a.
A plurality of projections
2
c
each having a hole to which a string or the like is tied are provided at the peripheral fringe of the ring-shaped member
2
a.
Corresponding to the ring-shaped groove
2
b
of the ring-shaped member
2
a,
a ring-shaped projection
3
c
is formed on the skin contact plate
3
made of soft plastics or the like. The skin contact plate
3
can be secured to the main body of the container
1
by fitting the ring-shaped projection
3
c
in the ring-shaped groove
2
b,
and can be removed by reversing the above operation. Portions similar to those shown in
FIGS. 6 and 7
are designated by the same reference numerals. Just as in the case of the above-mentioned one-piece pouch, a skin protection agent layer is formed on the outer surface of the flange
3
b,
and is covered with a removable cover sheet when not in use. When this two-piece type artificial anus outfit is used, the skin contact plate
3
is secured to the bag-like container
1
, the cover sheet of the flange
3
b
is peeled off, and the skin protection agent layer is made direct contact with the skin around the artificial anus. In addition, the discharge portion of the artificial anus is inserted from the central hole
3
a
to the upper opening
2
so as to be projected in the interior of the main body of the container
1
, and the artificial anus outfit is supported at the waist or shoulder via strings or the like tied to the projections
2
c.
A belt shown in
FIG. 10
can also be used to support the artificial anus outfit. More specifically, a through hole
12
is provided in a wide belt
11
made of soft cloth or the like, the bag-like container
1
of the artificial anus outfit is inserted through the through hole
12
from the back side to the front side of the belt
11
. The belt
11
thus supports the artificial anus outfit so that the bag-like container
1
is positioned on the front side of the belt
11
and the skin contact plate
3
is positioned on the back side of the belt
11
. Furthermore, the bag-like container
1
is set in a direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the belt
11
, the discharge portion of the artificial anus is inserted in the upper opening
2
, the skin protection agent layer of the skin contact plate
3
is made contact with the skin, the belt
11
is wound and worn around the waist by engaging the clamps
13
,
14
provided at both ends of the belt
11
with each other. If the skin contact plate
3
of the one-piece type or the ring-shaped member
2
a
of the two-piece type is soft and easily deformable, the plate
3
or the ring-shaped member
2
a
may be inserted through the through hole
12
of the belt
11
from the front side to the back side. In the case of the two-piece type, the skin contact plate
3
is fitted in the ring-shaped member
2
a
after the insertion in order to secure the plate
3
to the main body of the container
1
.
In the descriptions of the present specification, the outside at the time of use is defined as the front side, and the skin side is defined as the back side.
In the usage conditions of both above-mentioned types, the bag-like container
1
of the artificial anus outfit is exposed outside, and discharged contents can be seen. To solve this problem, a covering bag
15
shown in
FIG. 11
is generally used to store the bag-like container
1
so that the bag-like container
1
cannot be seen from outside. The covering bag
15
has an opening
16
at its upper portion on the back side, and a cover
17
being open downward is provided above the opening
16
. Furthermore, an opening
18
being open along its entire width is provided at the lower portion of the covering bag
15
on the back side. The artificial anus outfit is stored or removed through the opening
18
. The skin contact plate
3
of the stored artificial anus outfit is taken out of the upper opening
16
and exposed outside, and the covering bag
15
is in a condition of covering the bag-like container
1
of the artificial anus outfit.
However, the above-mentioned conventional covering bag
15
requires troublesome operations when the artificial anus outfit is stored through the lower opening
18
and the skin contact plate
3
is taken out of the upper opening
16
, whereby operability is impaired.
In addition, when the artificial anus outfit is used, the bag-like container hangs down due to its own weight and furthermore due to the weight of its contents when it has contents. When the user lies down, a part of the bag-like container
1
is apt to be pressed under the body of the user. Eventually, the contents may be squeezed from the upper opening
2
, thereby contaminating the skin, the belt
11
, the covering bag
15
and the like, as well as the clothes.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, a first object of the present invention is to improve operability by facilitating the storage and removal operations of an artificial anus outfit into and from a covering bag. A second object of the present invention is to provide a wearing device for the artificial anus outfit, wherein the direction of the bag-like container of the artificial anus outfit can be changed so that the container cannot be pressed when a user lies down.
In order to attain the above-mentioned objects, the covering bag in accordance with the present invention is intended to store an artificial anus outfit having a skin contact plate at the upper portion of a bag-like container, and comprises a front sheet, a right back sheet disposed to partially cover the back side of the front sheet, the peripheral fringe thereof from the upper right
Horiekikaku Co., Ltd.
Koda & Androlia
Mager Carie
Weiss John G.
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