With Antibackflow Means Patents (Class 604/350)
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Patent number: 12201764Abstract: An apparatus and method for collecting fluid are disclosed. The apparatus includes a body portion comprising a fluid inlet and an outlet, an expandable container secured to the body portion, at least one wicking element extending from within the body portion into the container, and at least one super absorber element arranged inside the container.Type: GrantFiled: October 8, 2021Date of Patent: January 21, 2025Assignee: Smith & Nephew PLCInventors: Edward Yerbury Hartwell, Jonathan Chappel, Neill Philip Bannister
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Patent number: 12121429Abstract: The present invention relates to a diaper set including: a diaper cover; a flap separation type diaper disposed on top of the diaper cover and having a feces bag; and a ‘’-shaped excreta inducing seat disposed on the rear end of the feces bag of the flap separation type diaper, wherein the diaper cover is separated into a waist belt part and a diaper base part, the flap separation type diaper includes a seat accommodation bag disposed on the rear end of the feces bag, and the ‘’-shaped excreta inducing seat has an inclined surface slant upward and backward from the rear end of the underside thereof.Type: GrantFiled: March 8, 2022Date of Patent: October 22, 2024Inventor: Young Ja Kang
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Patent number: 12090084Abstract: A male incontinence device includes a protective sleeve having a plurality of walls that define an interior space. The sleeve includes a first opening at the first end of the sleeve body, and a second opening on the top end of the sleeve body. The first and second openings are selectively closed to secure a male penis within the interior space. The main body includes a moisture wicking interior layer, a moisture absorbing middle layer, and a moisture impermeable outer layer. A belt is provided to engage the waist of a user, and a pair of straps connect the protective sheath to the belt. The device is held in place via the belt and straps, and removal of the penis is prevented via the combination of an adjustable band that is located along the periphery of the first opening, and cooperating structures located along the second opening.Type: GrantFiled: February 19, 2024Date of Patent: September 17, 2024Inventors: Michael Medlock, Faith Medlock
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Patent number: 12064371Abstract: An ostomy appliance has a waste collection container and an anti-reflux component disposed inside of the waste collection container. The anti-reflux component is connected to the top end portion of the waste collection container only above a center of an inlet opening for a stoma.Type: GrantFiled: September 22, 2023Date of Patent: August 20, 2024Assignee: Coloplast A/SInventors: Claus Brennalt Oellgaard, Jesper Bruun Jensen
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Patent number: 12004991Abstract: An ostomy appliance for receiving waste is described including: first and second walls connected to each other at or near their peripheries, the first wall having a stoma-receiving opening; a waste collecting cavity defined between the first and second walls; a first weld portion positioned to one side of the appliance and which connects the first and second walls together, which first weld portion extends away from a periphery of the appliance and downwardly towards a bottom of the appliance; and a second weld portion positioned on an opposite side of the appliance to the first weld portion and which connects the first and second walls together, which second weld portion extends away from a periphery of the appliance and downwardly towards a bottom of the appliance.Type: GrantFiled: September 21, 2018Date of Patent: June 11, 2024Assignee: SALTS HEALTHCARE LIMITEDInventors: Lee Tretheway, Iain Powner, Lee Howard, Jesus Alfaro
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Patent number: 11801156Abstract: Disclosed is a collecting bag configured to collect urine or stomal fluids from a stoma of a user, particularly a urostomy. Further discloses is an anti-reflux component to prevent reflux of collected fluids from a collecting volume to an inlet opening of a collecting bag. The anti-reflux component includes interior, proximal and distal contoured sheets connected to each other such as to define a passage between them towards the collecting volume. The sheets are further attached to each other to define two or more non linear connection zones.Type: GrantFiled: June 21, 2019Date of Patent: October 31, 2023Assignee: Coloplast A/SInventors: Claus Brennalt Oellgaard, Jesper Bruun Jensen
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Patent number: 11786631Abstract: An ostomy appliance has a waste collection bag attached to an adhesive wafer. The adhesive wafer includes an adhesive layer, a backing layer deposited on a distal side of the adhesive layer, a hole formed through the adhesive layer, and a neutralizing layer deposited on the distal side of the adhesive layer. The neutralizing layer is in direct contact with the adhesive layer and is inside of the waste collection bag. The neutralizing layer has a neutralizer that is adapted to neutralize output from the stoma.Type: GrantFiled: October 6, 2022Date of Patent: October 17, 2023Assignee: Coloplast A/SInventors: Henrik Olsen, Kristoffer Hansen, Simon Ravnbak
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Patent number: 11737909Abstract: The present invention includes a male incontinence collection container comprising: a walled absorbent cored absorption chamber with an elastic aperture adapted to allow a penis to be in fluid communication with the chamber, wherein the chamber is shaped to deflect urine away from a body during urination, and wherein the elastic aperture is defined further as a breathable, tubular material to aid in the placement and retention in place of the penis; a hydrophobic material positioned between the chamber and the body to prevent contact of the urine with the body; and an absorbent material in the chamber that converts fluid to gel in fluid communication with the chamber, wherein the absorbent material absorbs and retains urine, while keeping a user dry and free from urine contact.Type: GrantFiled: November 9, 2018Date of Patent: August 29, 2023Assignee: 4 Mankind Inc.Inventor: Melissa Kay Tammen
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Patent number: 11642237Abstract: A user friendly multi-chambered flat urine collection device comprising an inlet port having a non-return valve, an upper chamber further divided into a plurality of vertical chambers, a lower chamber further divided into a plurality of vertical chambers, a plurality of breathing open areas intervening said upper, lower and vertical chambers, and a drainage tube. The inlet port is positioned at top of the upper chamber, said inlet port in turn is removably connected to a catheter. The breathing open areas between the vertical chambers of said upper and lower chambers allow the urine collection device to conform to shape of patient body. Moreover, the chambers distribute the weight of collected urine equally to avoid a bulging effect. Alternately, the urine collection device has absorbent layer insert to absorb the bodily discharge.Type: GrantFiled: March 2, 2020Date of Patent: May 9, 2023Inventors: Amine Staali, Souheil Guessoum
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Patent number: 11559425Abstract: An ostomy appliance including: first and second walls connected to each other at or near their peripheries, the first wall having a stoma-receiving opening; a connection member connected to the first wall for attaching the appliance to a user; a waste collecting chamber defined by the first and second walls for receiving waste and/or gas from the stoma-receiving opening; a further chamber defined by at least third and fourth walls which are connected to each other; a gas opening provided in either or both of the third or fourth walls for permitting waste gases to pass therethrough from the waste collecting chamber; a gas vent for permitting gases in the further chamber to escape to atmosphere; and wherein movement of the first and second walls away from each other, from waste or gases entering the waste collecting chamber, increases or at least maintains the volume of the further chamber.Type: GrantFiled: September 21, 2018Date of Patent: January 24, 2023Assignee: Salts Healthcare LimitedInventors: Lee Tretheway, Marcus Allen, Iain Powner, Jesus Alfaro, Kieran Williams
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Patent number: 11523946Abstract: An absorbent article can have a topsheet layer, a liquid impermeable layer, and an absorbent core positioned between the topsheet layer and the liquid impermeable layer. The absorbent article can further include an exudate management layer in fluid communication with the topsheet layer. In various embodiments, the exudate management layer can be positioned on a body facing surface of the topsheet layer. In various embodiments, the exudate management layer can be positioned between the topsheet layer and the absorbent core. The exudate management layer has a first component which defines an opening for direct passage of body exudates into the absorbent core. The exudate management layer has a second component which at least partially overlaps the first component of the exudate management layer and further extends in the longitudinal direction of the absorbent article in a direction towards the posterior region of the absorbent article.Type: GrantFiled: March 29, 2018Date of Patent: December 13, 2022Assignee: KIMBERLY-CLARK WORLDWIDE, INC.Inventors: Suzanne Marie Schmoker, Heidi Bauerlein Hopkins, Andrew Thomas Hammond, Kyle Mark Barriger, Michael Donald Sperl, Russell J. Brumm, Alyssa Kimberly DeYoung, Ellen E. Pelky, Kimberly M. Downs
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Patent number: 11491254Abstract: An adhesive wafer for an ostomy device, the wafer comprising a skin-facing adhesive layer, a backing layer on a part of the non-skin-facing side of the adhesive layer, and a hole for accommodating a stoma. On the central portion of the wafer is located a release layer being configured to release a neutralizer. The release layer is in direct contact with the adhesive layer. The neutralizer is capable of neutralizing or at least minimizing the level of skin or adhesive aggressiveness of the output.Type: GrantFiled: November 2, 2018Date of Patent: November 8, 2022Assignee: Coloplast A/SInventors: Henrik Olsen, Kristoffer Hansen, Simon Ravnbak
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Patent number: 11224535Abstract: A wearable urinary collection apparatus for being worn by a user, including an elongate, watertight, flexible receptacle having an entrance opening near one end thereof and an elongate, flexible backflow inhibiting device which is connected to and extends within a portion of the flexible receptacle and also includes an entrance opening to receive the user's penis therein. At least one of the entrance opening of the receptacle and the entrance opening of the backflow inhibiting device is configured to receive the user's penis therein such that urine discharged from the penis flows through the backflow inhibiting device into the receptacle. The receptacle and the backflow inhibiting device are each formed of flexible plastic sheet material and are each configured to collapse flat when not in use, and the backflow inhibiting device has constrictions formed therein for constricting and diverting flow of urine therethrough.Type: GrantFiled: November 19, 2020Date of Patent: January 18, 2022Inventor: William Kyungha Joh
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Patent number: 10251771Abstract: A privacy apron designed for concealing both a user's genitalia and disposable containers when the user urinates out in public is provided. The privacy apron may have a body having a private side/sheet and a public side/sheet, wherein the private side/sheet includes at least one inner pouch for discretely carrying disposable containers. The body may be secured about the user's waist so that the inner pouch is near the genital area while the public side/sheet is outwardly facing. The public side/sheet is made of an opaque material preventing visibility through to the private side. The body may provide opposing side pockets between the private and public sides/sheets so that the user may discretely manipulate their genital area to urinate into and then seal the disposable containers.Type: GrantFiled: February 29, 2016Date of Patent: April 9, 2019Inventor: Michael A. Mastracci
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Patent number: 9681999Abstract: A garment for absorbing fluid discharge in a male subject includes an open-topped pouch to receive the penis of the subject and an absorbent material lining at least a portion of the pouch. A strap attached to an upper edge of the front portion of the pouch is designed to encircle the waist of the subject and secure the pouch. The pouch is free to move with the penis through a wide range of positions. A system for absorbing fluid discharge in a male subject can include the garment and an absorbent pad that can be inserted into the pouch.Type: GrantFiled: May 10, 2012Date of Patent: June 20, 2017Assignee: Paradigm Research LLCInventor: Jeffrey L. Beck
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Patent number: 8795258Abstract: The urisheath provided here includes an element of thin material (a strip) that allows at least two lengths of it to run in a parallel fashion down either side of the sheath. The is obtained by injection molding the strip in liquid silicone in the silicone injection molding process for the urisheath, either by one, two or more component injection molding. The injection molding takes place in an injection molding form for a urisheath with a cavity for the body portion and a cavity for the strip portion wherein the cavity for the body portion is connected to the cavity for the strip portion creating an attachment zone between the strip and the sheath.Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 2007Date of Patent: August 5, 2014Assignee: Coloplast A/SInventors: Henrik Lindenskov Nielsen, Johan Christiansson, Peter Persson
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Patent number: 8668683Abstract: The present invention relates to a urinary catheter collection system comprising a urinary catheter, a collection bag neck, and a collection bag body. The invention particularly relates to a urinary catheter collection system having a detachable bag body, which allows a user the option to detach the collection bag body from the collection bag neck so that urine may drain from the catheter into a suitable container, such as a toilet, preventing the user from having to empty or dispose of a used urine collection bag body.Type: GrantFiled: February 11, 2008Date of Patent: March 11, 2014Assignee: Medical Technologies of Georgia, Inc.Inventor: John H. Golden
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Patent number: 8651110Abstract: A condom, including a non-porous sheath member, having an open end and a rounded end, and shaped to cover the glans and body portion of a penis, and at least one rib having at least one outer portion and at least one inner portion, wherein the at least one outer portion is attachedly fixed to said non-porous sheath member, and wherein an inner cylinder formed by at the at least one inner portion is exclusive from said non-porous sheath member, and including at least one lubricant within the inner cylinder and at least one hole extending from the inner cylinder through the outer portion to provide for flow of the lubricant outwardly from the inner cylinder through the at least one hole pursuant to application of a predetermined pressure, wherein the at least one rib extends at least one of substantially from the open end to the closed end and substantially about a circumference of the non-porous sheath member.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2012Date of Patent: February 18, 2014Inventor: Lap Shun Hui
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Patent number: 8518003Abstract: A personal disposable sanitary toilet system including a primary containment bag and a secondary containment bag formed of sheet-like liquid impermeable material. The primary containment bag is funnel-shaped with a pair of straps formed in the upper periphery for use in securing the bag around one's waist. The top of the primary containment bag has an extended front portion which is adapted to be passed between the legs and cover the genitals for sanitary, splatter-less relief. The lower end provides a waste containment area that may include a hydrophilic compound for absorbing liquid waste and/or effervescent agents and waste control ingredients. The primary bag may be closed and stuffed into the secondary containment bag which is attached to and surrounds the lower end portion of the primary bag. The top edge of the secondary containment bag has a seal that is closed after the primary bag has been stuffed inside.Type: GrantFiled: September 24, 2008Date of Patent: August 27, 2013Inventor: Gregory J. Ledo
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Patent number: 8500708Abstract: A compact portable container apparatus holds urine or other fluids safely and hygienically. Specifically, a container is provided that traps urine or other fluids when deposited therein. The container has one or more seals that allows the container to be sealed after use so that leakage of the container after use is minimized or eliminated. Moreover, the container has a generally horizontally disposed downwardly sloping passageway for the passage of urine or other fluids and an angled or arcuately-shaped wall for directing a flow or spray of urine or other fluids into a reservoir for holding the same. Moreover, the container has a window for viewing the contents of the container to determine the quantity of fluids contained therein. Alternatively, the container includes an absorbent material for absorbing the urine or other fluids. The container may be made from a soft, resilient thermoplastic material.Type: GrantFiled: May 13, 2010Date of Patent: August 6, 2013Inventor: Lawrence Glenn
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Patent number: 8443809Abstract: A condom, including a non-porous sheath member, having an open end and a rounded end, and shaped to cover the glans and body portion of a penis, and at least one rib having at least one outer portion and at least one inner portion, wherein the at least one outer portion is attachedly fixed to said non-porous sheath member, and wherein an inner cylinder formed by at the at least one inner portion is exclusive from said non-porous sheath member, and including at least one lubricant within the inner cylinder and at least one hole extending from the inner cylinder through the outer portion to provide for flow of the lubricant outwardly from the inner cylinder through the at least one hole pursuant to application of a predetermined pressure, wherein the at least one rib extends at least one of substantially from the open end to the closed end and substantially about a circumference of the non-porous sheath member.Type: GrantFiled: November 22, 2010Date of Patent: May 21, 2013Inventor: Lap Shun Hui
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Patent number: 8439885Abstract: A disposable diaper is provided, including an absorber, a top sheet disposed to cover the upper surface of the absorber and at least partially formed of a liquid permeable material, a back sheet disposed to cover the lower surface of the absorber and formed of a liquid impermeable material, and a skin contact sheet disposed above the top sheet and formed with a stool passing opening capable of passing a stool therethrough. The stool passing opening is formed into such a shape that a posterior region posterior to a centerline in the anteroposterior direction of the stool passing opening is smaller in the opening area than an anterior region anterior to the centerline.Type: GrantFiled: October 10, 2006Date of Patent: May 14, 2013Assignees: Oji Nepia Co., Ltd., Oji Paper Co., Ltd.Inventors: Katsushi Sakano, Izumi Tashiro, Katsuhiko Sugiyama, Kahori Suzuki
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Patent number: 8298201Abstract: The present invention relates to an in situ cleanable filter for an ostomy appliance comprising a pathway for leading gases to a vent in an ostomy bag and a protective element contained in said pathway to prevent solid or semi-liquid waste from blocking the pathway where a channel or compartment formed by liquid impermeable layer(s) is defining at least part of the pathway and at least a part of said compartment or channel contain a protective element of an open celled compressible material having a memory and having a pore size of at least 60 PPI, said protective element extending in the same direction as the gas flow within the channel or compartment, said channel or compartment having an opening providing access to the pathway from the interior of the bag, said pathway having another opening being connected to a vent in the ostomy bag, optionally via a deodorizing filter. The invention relates to an ostomy appliance comprising a filter as above and a method for emptying and cleaning the filter.Type: GrantFiled: November 3, 2005Date of Patent: October 30, 2012Assignee: Coloplast A/SInventor: Lasse Skoett Albrectsen
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Publication number: 20120004645Abstract: The various embodiments herein provide a capsular urinary catheter to manage urinary incontinence or retention in patients to prevent the Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections in patients. The urinary catheter comprising a first end adapted to be inserted into the patient's body, a second end adapted to be releasably attached to a fluid collection reservoir, a body defining an exterior surface and an interior surface, a vaginal condom segment attached to the exterior surface, a capsular segment defining a capsule in the interior surface and three one way valves arranged inside the capsular segment. Each one way valve includes at least two plates which gets separated due to a force exerted by a fluid movement, thereby causing the passage of a fluid from the first end towards the second end and prevents a fluid reflux to the body of the patients.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 3, 2010Publication date: January 5, 2012Inventor: Mohamad Dastani
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Patent number: 7993311Abstract: A urine collection and disposal system and method applies subatmospheric pressure to a receptacle open to atmospheric pressure which has a urine outlet in fluid communication with a source of subatmospheric pressure. The receptacle receives urine in the receptacle from a urine donor and removes the urine from the receptacle, transporting the removed urine to a reservoir under the force of a pressure differential between atmospheric pressure at the receptacle and subatmospheric pressure at the reservoir. The reservoir urine is discharged at atmospheric pressure, for disposal, from the reservoir while maintaining the reservoir at subatmospheric pressure. A plurality of the receptacles allows simultaneously providing urine to the reservoir from more than one of the receptacles. Sanitizing fluid may be supplied intermediate the receptacle and the reservoir for transport to the reservoir under the force of the pressure differential between atmospheric and subatmospheric.Type: GrantFiled: March 7, 2008Date of Patent: August 9, 2011Inventors: Richard B. Finger, James W. Meador
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Patent number: 7867204Abstract: Needleless access port valves are generally discussed herein with particular discussions extended to needleless access port valves having a stretchable or flexible band. In accordance with aspects of the present invention, the band is held in between a flange section of an inlet connector assembly and a shoulder section of the valve body. A plunger integrally formed with the band is movable inside a nozzle to control fluid flow through the inlet of the valve. When the plunger is urged by a medical implement to open the valve inlet, the band flexes to accommodate the moving plunger.Type: GrantFiled: May 4, 2006Date of Patent: January 11, 2011Assignee: B. Braun Medical Inc.Inventors: Joel Bartholomew, Peter W. Peppel, Michael J. Janders
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Patent number: 7850677Abstract: A universal valve for the Foley type urinary catheter has structure which permits its use as a patient controlled drainage valve, as an interface from which to take sterile samples, and as a connection to a day or night collection bag all without removal of the universal valve from the Foley type urinary catheter. The universal valve may be open or closed by the use of a squeeze mechanism for patient control, or by movement of the threaded connection between the universal valve and a collection bag so that the universal valve is continuously open for drainage into the urine collection bag.Type: GrantFiled: July 21, 2008Date of Patent: December 14, 2010Inventors: William S. Blake, William J. Dwyer
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Patent number: 7850668Abstract: A collecting bag for an ostomy appliance, said collecting bag having a front wall and a rear wall, the rear wall having an opening through which waste material may enter the collecting bag, and wherein a manipulation pocket is defined in the front and/or the rear wall of the collecting bag, said manipulation pocket extending into the collecting bag and comprising transfer means adapted to sealed transfer of mechanical movement from the surroundings to the interior of the collecting bag. The sealed transfer of movement can be used to open a passage inside the collecting bag such that flatus gasses may pass through a deodorizing filter, which prior to opening of the passage is protected such that it is not contaminated.Type: GrantFiled: May 3, 2005Date of Patent: December 14, 2010Assignee: Coloplast A/SInventor: Bjarne Worsoee
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Patent number: 7846143Abstract: A portable urinal that includes a container defining a liquid reservoir and a spout extending therefrom. The spout has an inlet for receiving a liquid. A valve assembly is disposed within the spout. The valve assembly has an interior region and an exterior region. The valve assembly includes a sidewall and one or more sealable openings for permitting flow of a liquid into the reservoir, while resisting undesired flow of the liquid out of the reservoir. The openings defining the line between the interior region and the exterior region. The valve assembly sidewall has a shaped contour structured to direct liquid flow into the openings.Type: GrantFiled: November 10, 2003Date of Patent: December 7, 2010Inventor: Tomasine Abbato
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Patent number: 7815618Abstract: A closed drainage system for irrigating colostomy bags wherein the bag is irrigated and cleaned while in its operable position associated with the person. More specifically, the invention mounts a manifold within the colostomy bag with an access to a water pressure from outside, the manifold providing a spray dispersion of fluid, or water preferably, at the top of the bag and gravity then drips it down through the bag and out the open bottom, preferably with the residue of the bag being washed out by the water and passing into a toilet where the user flushes the bag to completion of cleaning with all residue from the bag passing into the toilet. A water source from the toilet itself, or other suitable water supply, provides the pressured water to the manifold inside the top of the colostomy bag.Type: GrantFiled: June 8, 2009Date of Patent: October 19, 2010Inventors: Kenneth R. Schena, Blaine M. Schena
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Patent number: 7815619Abstract: A multi-piece fluid transfer receptacle is used in a male incontinence device. The receptacle includes an outer shell having a first open end adapted for receiving the penis of a user and a second end defining a fluid discharge port. The second end extends beyond the first end a distance sufficient to cover a head of the penis, whereby urine is transferred forwardly from the penis and outwardly from the receptacle through the discharge port. A detachable fluid-management insert is received within the first open end and includes an elongated tongue spaced apart from an interior surface of the outer shell. The tongue forms a backflow barrier between the penis and the outer shell to shield the penis from urine flowing backward towards the user and away from the discharge port.Type: GrantFiled: October 23, 2006Date of Patent: October 19, 2010Assignee: Arcus Medical, LLCInventor: Mark Miskie
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Patent number: 7722584Abstract: An automatic urine collection apparatus includes a collection container for accumulating urine transferred from a urine receiver through a tube and a main body for supporting the collection container, wherein the main body includes a suction pump for sucking the urine received by the urine receiver and carrying the urine to the collection container, a mass sensor for measuring the urine accumulated in the collection container, a control board for calculating a volume of the urine based on the measured mass of the urine, and an indicator for indicating the calculated volume of the urine.Type: GrantFiled: June 26, 2007Date of Patent: May 25, 2010Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.Inventors: Tetsuya Tanaka, Ryosuke Miyagawa, Yoshikazu Ishitsuka, Hiroshi Koizumi, Shigeharu Sayama
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Patent number: 7699824Abstract: The invention relates to an adapter attached to a human or animal body at a stoma, a detachable lid on the adapter, and a connector for connecting an ostomy bag to the adapter. The adapter includes a protruding section extending from the stoma, and a member for mounting a detachable lid onto the end of the protruding section. The adapter and lid are arranged such that the lid can be slid onto and off the adapter in a direction relatively perpendicular to the axis of the protruding section of the adapter. The connector is arranged to connect the ostomy bag to the adapter and to slide the lid off the adapter. In this way, there is no risk of odors or waste leaking from the adapter or the ostomy bag while the bag is being connected to the adapter.Type: GrantFiled: April 26, 2007Date of Patent: April 20, 2010Assignee: Ostomycure ASInventors: Robert Axelsson, Thomas Arnerdal, Johan Rinman, Anette Johnsson
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Patent number: 7678091Abstract: A colostomy bag provided with a stoma ring, a gas outlet and an external deodorizing filter in which a vertical baffle is provided intermediate the stoma ring and the gas outlet and extending from the upper marginal wall of the bag and a level slightly below the lowest point of the stoma ring. The baffle is designed to prevent feces from being squeezed sideways and upwardly into the gas outlet and clogging it.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2007Date of Patent: March 16, 2010Inventor: Charles W. Longstaff
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Patent number: 7658730Abstract: An external male urine collection device is inserted into a front opening of a disposable nonwoven diaper or brief. The device comprises a resilient ring for receiving and restraining the penis in a funnel-shaped collection assembly bag extending from the diaper or brief. A distal funnel-like end of the collection bag is attached to a one-way valve and tube assembly to direct the urine from the bag. The tube is attached to a bedside urine storage bag or leg bag.Type: GrantFiled: April 29, 2005Date of Patent: February 9, 2010Assignee: Avancen, LLCInventor: N. Sharon Conley
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Patent number: 7601143Abstract: A lesion or fistula isolating bag, the bag defining a first chamber having a closeable entrance and a second chamber for application to a lesion or fistula and wherein access to the second chamber is made through the first chamber via a valve, the valve being arranged to inhibit passage of fluid from the second chamber to the first, and to allow said access from the first chamber to the second, the bag further comprising a closure for said closeable entrance.Type: GrantFiled: August 13, 2004Date of Patent: October 13, 2009Assignee: T.G. Eakin LimitedInventor: Thomas G. Eakin
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Patent number: 7500968Abstract: A urine collection apparatus includes an adaptable reservoir that is sized and shaped for conveniently and effectively being transported by a user. The reservoir includes a top portion including an intake valve in fluid communication with the reservoir. The intake valve is provided with an opening such that the male catheter can be selectively biased in fluid communication with an interior of the reservoir. Such an intake valve further has a threaded screw cap directly and adjustably coupled thereto for effectively allowing a selected quantity of air to continuously flow into and out of the reservoir wherein the quantity of air is commensurate with a quantity of fluid discharging and entering the reservoir respectively. The intake valve preferably has a monolithically formed conical tip that terminates proximal to the top portion such that the male catheter can effectively be supported at a fixed relationship with the reservoir during operating conditions.Type: GrantFiled: March 6, 2006Date of Patent: March 10, 2009Inventors: Thomas P. Nappa, Michael J. Nappa
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Patent number: 7458957Abstract: A universal valve for the Foley type urinary catheter has structure which permits its use as a patient controlled drainage valve, as an interface from which to take sterile samples, and as a connection to a day or night collection bag all without removal of the universal valve from the Foley type urinary catheter. The universal valve may be open or closed by the use of a squeeze mechanism for patient control, or by movement of the threaded connection between the universal valve and a collection bag so that the universal valve is continuously open for drainage into the urine collection bag.Type: GrantFiled: March 17, 2005Date of Patent: December 2, 2008Inventors: William S. Blake, William J. Dwyer
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Patent number: 7186245Abstract: Novel component devices for urine management systems including a novel collection device, a novel conveyance tube, and a novel storage container. The collection device, a novel male catheter, comprises a waterproof, thin-walled conduction tube surrounding the penis, having wettable internal walls and containing a spacing wick. At one end, the conduction tube is connected to, or surrounded by, an elastic compression tube that provides a uniform compressive force around the girth of the penis for attachment and liquid seal to said penis, and at the other end is attached to a fitting that connects to the conveyance tube. The elastic compression tube is radially expanded prior to donning and, when in place over the penis, is allowed to elastically retract, providing radial compression for comfortable, and leak-free fit and use.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 2000Date of Patent: March 6, 2007Inventors: Gordon C. Cheng, James R. Valentine, Daniel M. Beane, Richard M. Beane
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Patent number: 7125399Abstract: A multi-piece fluid transfer receptacle is used in a male incontinence device. The receptacle includes an outer shell having a first open end adapted for receiving the penis of a user and a second end defining a fluid discharge port. The second end extends beyond the first end a distance sufficient to cover a head of the penis, whereby urine is transferred forwardly from the penis and outwardly from the receptacle through the discharge port. A detachable fluid-management insert is received within the first open end and includes an elongated tongue spaced apart from an interior surface of the outer shell. The tongue forms a backflow barrier between the penis and the outer shell to shield the penis from urine flowing backward towards the user and away from the discharge port.Type: GrantFiled: November 8, 2004Date of Patent: October 24, 2006Assignee: Arcus Medical LLCInventor: Mark Miskie
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Patent number: 7104975Abstract: The invention is of a male urinary system which, at its heart, includes a penis/urinary collection interface unit of a design which both collects urine without significant backflow during or after use and is sized and shaped for easy maneuvering into position, even when encountering restrictive spaces caused by body casts, braces, etc. Because the penis/urinary collection interface unit does not itself serve as the urine collection receptacle, but is merely in fluid communication therewith by a length of conduit, the collected urine will, if the system is used as intended, sit safely at a distance on the floor next to the patient's bed, or suspended from a hanging device or bracket attached to the patient's bed.Type: GrantFiled: February 27, 2002Date of Patent: September 12, 2006Inventor: Jacquelin A. Vantroostenberghe
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Patent number: 6968577Abstract: This is a portable male urinal, which has a separate valve mechanism to prevent the urine from spilling from the device, but also allowing the device to be filled at the appropriate times by moving a handle in a certain direction. It improves the prior art be enabling the user to lock the valve in the “open” position.Type: GrantFiled: April 7, 2005Date of Patent: November 29, 2005Inventor: Charles Taft, Jr.
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Patent number: 6682503Abstract: An anti-reflux valve for restricting flow in one direction through a catheter toward a collection reservoir. The valve includes a check valve positioned within a segment of the catheter. The valve includes a proximal end bonded to an inside periphery of an interior of the catheter. The valve includes a pliable side wall that reduces in diameter to a distal end having an opening that is collapsible upon itself. Fluid flow is allowed through the catheter segment having the check valve therein, with flow only permitted from the proximal end and through the distal end for release into a collection reservoir. The distal end opening collapses upon itself to negate the counter-current flow of fluid through the distal end. A plurality of check valves are aligned in series to reduce the possibility of reflux flow of fluids. A method of utilization of the anti-reflux valve is also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: December 7, 2001Date of Patent: January 27, 2004Assignee: Ibionics, Inc.Inventors: Bruce L. Fariss, Ivan N. Cooper
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Patent number: 6679867Abstract: A male incontinence device includes a receptacle formed of a shape-retaining material, and having a first open end adapted for receiving the penis of a user and a second end defining a urine discharge port. The discharge port is adapted for being located forward of the penis. A back flow chamber is formed with an interior of the receptacle, and is adapted for capturing urine flowing backward towards the user and away from the discharge port. A collection bag has a mouth communicating with the discharge port for collecting urine discharged through the receptacle. A support harness is adapted for being worn by the user to support the receptacle in an operative position during use.Type: GrantFiled: July 9, 2001Date of Patent: January 20, 2004Assignee: Arcus Medical, LLCInventor: John D. Miskie
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Patent number: 6613027Abstract: The urine collecting assembly is provided having a urine receptacle and a urine collector. In the provided assembly, the urine receptacle has a male organ enclosing case with an outer vertical flange, an inner vertical flange and an outer horizontal flange. The urine receptacle also has a catheter connected to the case of the receptacle with its inner horizontal flange, this inner horizontal flange being mounted on the outer horizontal flange means of the case. The urine collector of the present invention has a collecting compartment and is connected to the catheter of the receptacle with a connecting tube. The outer vertical flange of the case of the receptacle is supporting the male organ of the patient so that the inner vertical flange of the case and the inner horizontal flange of the catheter are preventing the flow-back of the urine, thereby keeping the pubic area of the patient free of moisture.Type: GrantFiled: June 18, 2001Date of Patent: September 2, 2003Inventor: Vyacheslav Kulikov
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Publication number: 20030055388Abstract: What is disclosed is a non-invasive urine collecting device and method for storing urine therein. The device provides sanitary and modest means for concealing a catheter-type device underneath a man's clothing so that the tube cannot be observed, but the individual wearing said device may discharge urine into the tube which is stored therein until later removal. The device comprises a jock strap type harness with a pouch in front for securing the male penis into a nozzle which is fluidly coupled with a collection tube that extends downwardly towards a person's ankle and can be strapped to the individual's leg and clamped closed so as to collect the bodily fluids for disposal later.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 14, 2001Publication date: March 20, 2003Inventors: Gary Clinton, Terry Clinton
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Patent number: 6503524Abstract: The present invention relates to a combination for surface treatment of a substrate, e.g. a nonwoven web, used in personal care product applications. The surface treatment combination not only provides adequate fluid handling properties, but also provides a topical delivery system effective in depositing a thin, tenacious and substantially continuous coating of a skin health benefit agent on skin by an aqueous emulsion mediated dissolution of the agent from a substrate with subsequent transfer and deposition onto the skin. Coatings of the skin health benefit agent on the skin resist removal, thereby preventing damage to the natural skin barrier and providing a protective barrier against chemically- and biochemically-induced skin damage.Type: GrantFiled: June 16, 2000Date of Patent: January 7, 2003Assignee: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.Inventors: David John Tyrrell, Robert Cosmo Di Luccio, Ali Yahiaoui, Dennis Stein Everhart, Wade Bolton May
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Patent number: 6500443Abstract: The present invention relates to a topical delivery system effective in depositing a thin, tenacious and substantially continuous coating of a sacrificial substrate on skin by an aqueous emulsion mediated dissolution of protein from a sheet material with subsequent transfer and deposition onto the skin. Coatings of sacrificial substrate on skin resist removal, thereby providing a protective barrier against chemically- and biochemically-induced skin damage. The treatment composition also provides a vehicle for administering an effective dose of an active agent to the skin surface.Type: GrantFiled: May 25, 2000Date of Patent: December 31, 2002Assignee: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.Inventors: David Roland Otts, David John Tyrrell, Linda Susan Huard, Frank Jerrel Akin, Robert Cosmo Di Luccio
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Publication number: 20020193763Abstract: The urine collecting assembly is provided having a urine receptacle and a urine collector. In the provided assembly, the urine receptacle has a male organ enclosing case with an outer vertical flange, an inner vertical flange and an outer horizontal flange. The urine receptacle also has a catheter connected to the case of the receptacle with its inner horizontal flange, this inner horizontal flange being mounted on the outer horizontal flange means of the case. The urine collector of the present invention has a collecting compartment and is connected to the catheter of the receptacle with a connecting tube. The outer vertical flange of the case of the receptacle is supporting the male organ of the patient so that the inner vertical flange of the case and the inner horizontal flange of the catheter are preventing the flow-back of the urine, thereby keeping the pubic area of the patient free of moisture.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 18, 2001Publication date: December 19, 2002Inventor: Vyacheslav Kulikov
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Patent number: 6479726Abstract: A sanitary device which may be applied and connected to the penis of a man suffering from urinary incontinence to contain urine emitted involuntarily, the sanitary device including an absorbent sheath for wrapping around and enclosing the penis, the sheath being made from a continuous piece of water impermeable material lined with a layer of absorbent material, the sheath having a generally rectangular front face and a substantially identical generally rectangular rear face, the sheath having an open bottom edge and an open side edge, the open bottom edge being adjacent to the open side edge, the sheath having a closed side edge and a closed top edge which connect the front face to the rear face, and the closed side edge being adjacent to the closed top edge. Preferably, the rear face has adhesive tape thereon for fastening the rear face to the front face to secure the sanitary device to the penis.Type: GrantFiled: August 25, 2000Date of Patent: November 12, 2002Inventor: Walter E. Cole