Abstract: An improved apparatus for collecting and disposing of animal excrement has an elastic harness assembly attachably secured to the rear portion of an animal, such as a dog, and an excrement container cooperating with, and removable from, the elastic harness assembly. Specifically, the elastic harness assembly has a flexible outer ring member encompassing a rigid inner ring member to which the excrement container is removably attached. The ring members are located about the anal region of the dog and isolated in place by use of fasteners and elastic straps.

Abstract: A footrest for use by a person seated in a wheel-chair facing a toilet facility includes an upper surface capable of accepting a foot thereon and slanting downwardly generally towards the front of the toilet facility. The footrest also includes a lip attached to the upper surface for retaining the foot on the upper surface at a fixed location.

Abstract: A penile ring implant of soft biocompatible material is formed in situ and implanted beneath the skin of the penis of an incontinent male by use of a rod and a probe to form a protuberance which permits the patient to securely attach and easily remove the flexible sheath of the urinary collection device without the assistance of others. A kit for forming and implanting the ring implant includes an elongated D-shaped soft rod, a malleable probe and a connector.

Abstract: Barriers for preventing contraception and disease transmission comprise, in the simplest embodiment, a tubular or cylindrical shield (12, 38) of rubber to isolate the penis from the vagina and an attached flange portion (14) to shield the area surrounding the penis and vagina. The underside of the flange has adhesive (16) around the edge border to retain the flange in place. The device may be used by a female partner and is more effective than a condom since it shields the surrounding area. The device may be formed as part of a panty (30) or man's brief (70) so that the female can control prophylaxis and contraception, or the subordinate male in gay sex can control prophylaxis. The tubular rubber shield is provided in a compacted, folded state (38) with a lubricant (54, 56) and a lubricant-impervious covering (20, 22, 58, 66). When made part of an undergarment, the inner side of the shield is covered with a layer of cotton (62) for comfort.

Abstract: An external incontinence device which reduces or eliminates maceration, skin irritation, microbial skin infiltration and infection, and urinary tract infection associated with conventional urinary catheters and incontinence devices is provided. The device comprises a housing having an outlet conduit, a plurality of leaves made of a thin, vapor permeable film connected to the housing, a vapor permeable adhesive on the interior surface of the leaves, a microbial-barrier layer provided on an inner surface of the housing and a barrier disc provided on the inner surface of the housing. The vapor-permeable leaves allow water vapor to evaporate from the underlying skin surface, thus eliminating maceration. In addition, a U-shaped release backing on each leaf allows the leaves to be applied to the skin surface in a wrinkle-free manner.

Abstract: A urine collection vessel is coupled to the body of a person by means of a partial vacuum created within the collection vessel. An air flow valve at the output of the vessel is adjustable to control the degree of a partial vacuum created within the vessel as well as establishing control over the velocity of air flow through the valve and down the associated conduit through which urine is conducted to a reservoir in which the urine is accumulated. The device is intended for use primarily by people who are troubled with prostate or bladder problems which, without the use of the invention, would make it necessary for these persons to frequently fully rouse themselves from sleep and to exit from their beds in order to void their bladders in the course of the night.

Abstract: An improved urinary device for use by male incontinent persons of the type in which a collector bag is supported upon the leg of the user. In lieu of the conventional leg-engaging straps, the collector bag is supported in a pocket on the outer surface of the leg member of an undergarment. The undergarment is made of highly resilient material including a lycra spandex component. The pocket is formed of relatively non-stretchable woven material and includes a rear wall extending from the waistband of the undergarment to a point below the lower edge of the pant leg, and a front wall approximately half the length of the rear wall and congruent with the lower half of the rear wall. A laminar type collector bag is carried within the pocket which has a lower opening for drainage. The rear wall of the pocket is stitched at the entire upper edge and side edges thereof to the undergarment to distribute the weight of a filled bag over a substantial area of the undergarment.

Abstract: A urinary catheter designed to fit on a male patient including a substantially firm, rigid material cup having an elongated tube for concentric, surrounding relation about the male organ and adjustably attached to the cup for selective positioning of an open proximal end of the tube into and out of a hollow interior portion of the cup and into engagement with the pubic area of the user. A drainage conduit or the like is connected in fluid receiving relation to the distal, exteriorly located end of the tube for removal and collection of urine passing from the patient.

Abstract: A prophylactic device is described which is adapted to be worn by a person to prevent the transmission of disease and sperm during sexual intercourse. The device may be adapted for use by a female person or by a male person. The device includes an elongated hollow pouch which has an open end and a closed end. The pouch has a thin wall member which is flexible and elastic. A continuous flange member is attached to the open end of the pouch and extends outwardly around the opening in the pouch. Attachment straps secured to the flange attaches the device to the person wearing it. The device may be in the form of a garment worn by the person.

Abstract: An external catheter system for males including a waist belt assembly, a genital sheath having a scrotum bar, and a urine collector, wherein the sheath and urine collector are interconnected by a length of flexible tubing. The urine collector provides means for collection of expelled urine and means to stage and treat expelled urine prior to ultimate disposal.

Abstract: A device to prevent the spread of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome virus or AIDS comprises an elastic belt worn around the hips or mid-body portion of a male person. From the belt depends a tab and means for securing thereto a condom which means is removable after sexual intercourse.In an improved device according to the invention, a grip is carried by the belt and is connectable to the condom.

Abstract: A covering such as a suit, glove, condom or sheath forming a chemical barrier against harmful agents. The covering is flexible, stretchable, and relatively thin, and includes at least one relatively thin chemical barrier that will neutralize the harmful characteristics of the harmful agents. If an object cuts through the covering and into a person's skin or if a harmful agent tries to traverse through the covering, the chemical barrier will neutralize the harmful characteristics of the harmful agent so that the agent is neutralized either before reaching the person's skin, after reaching the person's skin, or both. Various methods of making the covering are also disclosed.

Abstract: A covering such as a glove, condom or sheath for inhibiting the spread of contagious diseases such as AIDS and Hepatitis to a person contacting the body fluid of a person infected with the disease. The covering is flexible, stretchable, and relatively thin, and includes at least one relatively thin layer of material containing a sterilizing fluid capable of sterilizing the microbes that produce the disease. If an object cuts through the covering and into a person's skin, the sterilizing fluid will be released to help sterilize the infectious microbes in the region around the cut so that the microbes are rendered ineffective either before reaching the person's skin, after reaching the person's skin, or both. Various methods of making and using the covering are also disclosed.

Abstract: A device to prevent the spreading of Acquired Immmune Deficiency virus or AIDS comprises an elastic belt worn around the hips or mid-body portion of a male person. The belt has separated ends and button and button hole for fastening the ends together. A condom is monted to the belt by being secured between the button and the button hole.

Abstract: An improved male urinal appliance worn by incontinent male patients has a plastic urinal bottle with specially contoured neck and reservoir portions and an adjustable support belt for comfortably securing the bottle to an ambulatory or bedridden patient.

Abstract: A sportsmans urine collection pouch having a holster support structure for containing a removable urine reservoir tube within which is a removable anti-collapse filler mesh. The pouch is securable in operating position to its user by strategically placed laces.

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.

Abstract: A female urinary drain assembly includes a waist band for encircling the waist of the wearer; a web of material suspended from the waist band so as to be located at the crotch of the wearer, the web having an opening through it; a urine collection funnel extending through the opening in the web and having a distal end forming a urine outlet and a proximal open end; a flange fixed on the funnel and locatable so as to bear against the inside face of the web to retain the funnel in position; and at least two leg straps connected to the web for encircling the legs of the wearer.

Abstract: A condom is disclosed herein having an elongated sleeve of substantially constant cross-section that terminates at one end in an expandable bulbous portion with a dimpled projection lying along the central longitudinal axis of the sleeve. An elastic retainer band is disposed on the opposite end of the sleeve while a narrower retainer band is integrally disposed between the sleeve and the bulbous portion. A marker is provided adjacent to the sleeve at the bulbous portion indicating the forward end intended to be rolled outwardly to advance the sleeve from its storage position to its elongated operative position.

Abstract: Female condom device having a pubic area cover pad with a condom attached perpendicularly thereto with its open end in the middle of the pad and the closed end extending rearwardly from the pad; leg encircling tapes for holding the pad in place, and, optionally, an insertion tool having an elongated cylindrical body adapted to insert the condom portion into the vagina of the wearer.

Abstract: A urine-collecting device comprising a urine-collecting bag having an opening for inserting a penis therethrough, the opening being made on one side surface of the bag and a sheet-like flange formed integrally with the bag at a periphery of the opening; and a film for preventing a back flow of urine having a hole with a diameter being smaller than that of the opening, characterized in that the film is formed to be cap-shaped and is put on the flange to elastically cover the flange.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 be convenient for care thereof, and can be used sanitarily without causing a leak of urine.

Abstract: A prophylactic device is described which is adapted to be worn by a person to prevent the transmission of disease and sperm during sexual intercourse. The device may be adapted for use by a female person or by a male person. The device includes an elongated hollow pouch which has an open end and a closed end. The pouch has a thin wall member which is flexible and elastic. A continuous flange member is attached to the open end of the pouch and extends outwardly around the opening in the pouch. Attachment means secured to the flange attaches the device to the person wearing it. The device may be in the form of a garment worn by the person.

Abstract: An abbreviated condom adapted to fit over the head of the penis the condom having a thin impervious hood with an open end having a continuous sealed connection to a wide, relatively thicker elastic band, the band being designed to be positioned in the coronal sulcus to prevent leakage of fluids collected in the hood.

Abstract: A device is disclosed for providing reduced opportunity for germs, viruses and other substances from entering the human mouth under various circumstannces. The device comprises a planar latex membrane adapted to be worn over the mouth and attached to the ears, and having a hollow, generally conical or cylindrical protuberant extension of the membrane deviating from the planar cofiguration at a central location.

Abstract: The present application discloses a wearable urinary incontinence collector. It consists of a pair of bags designed and shaped to be worn on the inside thighs of an individual appropriately strapped to the legs. A frontal web covers the groin area and supports the bags in connection with a suitable array of straps. The arrangement is virtually leak-proof and inconspicuous when worn while standing, sitting, or lying.

Abstract: A disposable shaped absorbent paper napkin is provided for hygienic use by men. The napkin is intended to accommodate the penis and absorb residual urine in the urethra tube following urination.

Abstract: A body worn urinary collection system for a male incontinent is disclosed. A reusable, generally moistureproof and pliable penile sheath is shaped as an open-ended sack, and is sized to loosely overfit the male organ. The sack includes an oversized, first resilient, outer ferrule rimming the sack's open end. The cooperation of the ferrule and a strap on the sheath secures the sheath to the male organ with a snug and comfortable dam against backflow and leakage. The sheath may also include a urine outlet proximate the closed sack end to be connected to a urine storage bag via a flexible drain tube. The urine storage bag may be body mounted and includes an outlet orifice with plug means to release the stored urine at a desired time.

Abstract: An external male urinary catheter, generally in the form of a condom, molded to form accordion pleats running circumferentially of the sheath so as to enable the catheter to be telescopically folded, applied, and then expanded to connect to drainage tubing and further to a compressable collection receptacle in a manner that creates a negative pressure mechanism, the fixed flange of a supporting garment meshed with the corresponding flange of said catheter by a vulcanization process rendering the assembly virtually free of any constriction.

Abstract: The present invention provides an external single-use, disposable male catheter, comprising: a pliable plastic container having a closed end and an opening so as to receive a fluid; methods for selectively closing and securing the catheter to male genitalia; an absorbent; and methods for promoting vapor exchange.

Abstract: A urine collection receptacle is detachably mounted to a brief. The weight of the receptacle is supported by the brief. The wall of the brief has an opening defined by aligned, oppositely facing rigid annular parts. The receptacle has a penis receiving opening defined by a rigid annular part which releasably engages the annular part on the exterior wall of the brief. A flexible membrane engages the penis to prevent urine back-up into the brief. The membrane may attach directly to the annular part on the interior wall of the brief or may be mounted on an annular part which releasably engages the annular part on the interior wall of the brief. The diameter of the annular parts is larger than that of the penis to enable the penis to be freely received through the parts and into the receptacle.

Abstract: An anti-herpes modality system that includes a garment worn by either the male or female partner of a couple, one of whom has herpes simplex. A sheath member is removably connected to the garment by way of a biasable gripper secured to the open end of the sheath member that is adapted to fit around a toroidal lock secured to the rim of a hole in the genital area of the garment. The toroidal lock may also be biasable. The garment, sheath member, and the seal formed between them are impervious to the passage of herpes virus. Alternatively, a male garment integral with a flexible male sheath members; or a female garment integral with a flexible male sheath member are provided.

Abstract: An external catheter, and the methods of making and using such a catheter, for a male urinary incontinence collection system, such system also including an adhesive attachment for holding the catheter in place. The catheter takes the form of a tubular sheath of thin elastic material having a cylindrical body section, a tapered neck section extending from the body section, and a reduced drainage tube section projecting from the neck section. Within the sheath, and constituting a unitary part thereof, is a tubular inner sleeve of soft elastic material having a distal end portion disposed within the neck section and a proximal end portion merging with the sheath's cylindrical body section. The sleeve tapers distally to define an annular space thereabout, and terminates in a reduced distal opening located at an intermediate point within the neck section.

Abstract: There is disclosed a sanitary disposable sheath intended for wearing on the penis of males which is formed with a moisture absorbent pad to absorb excretions and urine. The sheath is intended for use by normal, healthy males and not as a prosthetic device, and a method of use is also disclosed and claimed. Preferably, the sheath is formed as a laminate of an outer moisture resistant sheath and an inner, coextensive, moisture permeable liner, with an intermediate moisture absorbent pad. The sheath is provided with either an elastic band closure about its neck, or Velcro type fabric attachment bands to retain it distally on a penis.

Abstract: An improved external catheter for incontinent males. The external catheter consists of three interrelated components. A generally tubular sheath having a fluid drainage tube connection at one end and a reinforcing ring at the other is adapted to fit loosely over the penis with the ring at the base of the penis. A frusto-conical seal of elastic material having a reinforcing ring at the base end is adapted to fit within the sheath with the ring at the base of the penis adjacent to the sheath ring. The wall of the frustom extends along the penis in snug engagement therewith. A nether garment to be worn by the patient has a penis-receiving hole surrounded by a collar. The collar has a circular channel means with the channel opening extending outwardly away from the penis. With all three components in place, the two rings are extended slightly and snapped into the collar channel, sealing the ring and sheath together and using the nether garment to resist forces tending to remove the sheath.

Abstract: An external male urinary catheter, generally in the form of a condom, connected at the lower portion to a collection receptacle by polyethylene drainage tubing and unified in a smooth and complete form at its upper portion and flange to the complementary tubular extension of a supporting garment by means of molding and meshing made possible by a vulcanization process.

Abstract: This invention provides a urine leg drainage bag supporter comprising a waist encircling belt; a pouch for holding a urine bag, the pouch being formed of front and back panels connected at the vertical edges to define an opening in the top and bottom portions of the pouch, the front panel being formed of a stretchable material to firmly hold the bag within the pouch; a plurality of vertical straps connecting the pouch to the belt; and a plurality of horizontal straps extending from the pouch for encircling the leg of the wearer.

Abstract: The disposable urine collection device is concisely constructed for incontinence of urine in the human male. For a male who has problems with the urinary tract, the device is designed to keep the individual clean, dry and comfortable so that he may function to his full capacity without restraint. It consists of a combined pubic arch support and waist belt adapted to fit and be worn around the waist and the lower part of the male abdomen. It also includes a combined scrotal support and belt which is adapted to extend around the buttock of the user, with the last mentioned belt having on one end thereof means for removably connecting same to the waist belt. A urine collecting structure is carried by, secured to and depends from the arch support and includes an inner container or cylinder into which the penis is adapted to extend and an outer container or cylinder into which the inner container extends.