Surgery – Means and methods for collecting body fluids or waste material – Receptacle attached to or inserted within body to receive...
Patent
1994-08-16
1996-04-02
Green, Randall L.
Surgery
Means and methods for collecting body fluids or waste material
Receptacle attached to or inserted within body to receive...
604334, 4661, 4340, A61F 544
Patent
active
055036333
ABSTRACT:
The present invention comprises a novel apparatus for the cleaning of an ostomy bag being worn by an ostomy patient. The cleaning apparatus of the invention is configured in three embodiments capable of fixed installation, portable use and bedside use, respectively. The apparatus of the fixed and portable embodiments provides a support for a patient at a sufficient height above a toilet bowl in the form of a platform having support bars with security stops and a chute removably hung from said platform to discharge excreta into the bowl. The fixed embodiment employs a hose for attachment to house water supply and a nozzle adapted to clean within the ostomy bag. The portable embodiment employs a reservoir which supplies pressurized water either by elevation or by use of a portable pump. The convalescent embodiment is adapted to be used at the bedside and has a fluid reservoir/portable pump, hose and a collecting tank, such as a bedpan mounted to receive the excreta being cleaned from the ostomy bag.
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Commercial Brochure for Ostomy Bag Flush, Irrigation Devices, Inc., Lorain, Ohio Found by Applicant approximately Apr., 1994.
Evans Burwell R.
Millard Michael W.
Saunders Philip K.
Shaffer, III Lawrence F.
Shaffer, IV Lawrence F.
Butler & Hanby, Inc.
Green Randall L.
Polutta Mark O.
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