Surgery – Means and methods for collecting body fluids or waste material – Receptacle attached to or inserted within body to receive...
Patent
1989-01-18
1989-12-12
Pellegrino, Stephen C.
Surgery
Means and methods for collecting body fluids or waste material
Receptacle attached to or inserted within body to receive...
604349, 604351, A61F 544
Patent
active
048865109
ABSTRACT:
A urine-collecting device comprises a urine-collecting bag having an opening for inserting a penis therethrough, the opening being made on one side surface of the bag; a film for preventing a back flow of urine having a hole with a diameter being smaller than that of the opening; and a flexible sheet-like flange having a hole corresponding to the opening, wherein the film and flange are fixed to the bag in this order in a manner such that holes of the film and flange correspond to the opening of the bag, and a circumstance of the hole of the flange is only fixed to the bag.
Further, the film has a thin portion at the center and a thick portion therearound and the penis is softly sealed by the inner edge of the thin portion.
According to a device of the present invention, the device is applicable to any kind of patient, does not either cause a feeling of physical disorder or injure a penis, enables a bedridden old man or sick person to urinate while lying in order to contribute to the care thereof, and can be used sanitarily without causing a leak of urine.
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Nissho Corporation
Pellegrino Stephen C.
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