Colostomy balloon plug

• US 10,413,441 B2
• Filed: 11/18/2015
• Issued: 09/17/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 11/18/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Incontinent Control Devices, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Incontinent Control Devices, Inc.
• Inventors: Weiss, Stephen Joel, Simovich, David
• Primary Examiner(s): Zalukaeva, Tatyana
• Assistant Examiner(s): Townsend, Guy K
• Application Number:
  US14/944,408
• Publication Number:
  US 20170135846A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,399 Days
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 5/441 having venting or deodorant means, e.g. filters ; having antiseptic means, e.g. bacterial barriers
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 5/445 Colostomy, ileostomy or urethrostomy devices A61F5/441, A61F5/442, A61F5/443 take precedence

Abstract

The colostomy balloon plug has three parallel conduits with a combined charcoal and hydrophobic filter at one end of the largest central first conduit. The largest central first conduit is open at one end and has the combined charcoal and hydrophobic filter at its other end, for elimination of bowel gas. A shorter parallel second conduit terminates on one end in a first balloon and on a second end in a first one-way valve. A shortest parallel third conduit terminates on one end in a second balloon and on a second end in a second one-way valve. A syringe and extension conduit is selectively attached to the two one-way valves. Air, saline solution or sterilized water can be introduced from the syringe through the one-way valves of the extension conduit to inflate the two balloons about the largest central first conduit. The one-way valves prevent deflation of the balloons unless the shorter or shortest parallel conduits are cut to allow the fluid from the two balloons to exit and deflate the balloons.

Claims

1. A colostomy balloon plug device including a proximal end and a distal end, comprising:

three parallel conduits including a central first conduit having a distal first end and a proximal second end, a parallel second conduit, and a parallel third conduit, wherein an overall length of the central first conduit is longer than an overall length of the parallel second conduit, and the parallel third conduit has an overall length shorter than the parallel second conduit;

a first balloon surrounding the central first conduit and the parallel second conduit at the distal end of the colostomy balloon plug device;

a second balloon surrounding the three parallel conduits at a central portion of the colostomy balloon plug device between the distal end and the proximal end of the colostomy balloon plug device, wherein a diameter of the first balloon, located at the distal end of the colostomy balloon plug device, when inflated is greater than a diameter of the second balloon, located between the distal end and the proximal end of the device, when inflated;

the parallel second conduit including a first end and a second end, the parallel second conduit being in fluid communication with the first balloon on the first end of the parallel second conduit and in communication with a first one-way valve on the second end of the parallel second conduit;

the parallel third conduit including a first end and a second end, the parallel third conduit being in fluid communication with the second balloon on the first end of the parallel third conduit and in communication with a second one-way valve on the second end of the parallel third conduit, wherein a first extension conduit with a first luer lock connection is attached to the first one-way valve on the second end of the parallel second conduit and a second extension conduit with a second luer lock connection is attached to the second one-way valve on the second end of the parallel third conduit.

2. The colostomy balloon plug device of claim 1, further comprising a combined charcoal and hydrophobic filter on the proximal second end of the central first conduit and a cap to selectively cover the filter.

3. The colostomy balloon plug device of claim 1, wherein the diameter of the first balloon when inflated ranges from 3.5 cm to 4.5 cm.

4. The colostomy balloon plug device of claim 1, wherein the diameter of the second balloon when inflated ranges from 1.5 cm to 3.0 cm.

5. The colostomy balloon plug device of claim 1, wherein the parallel second conduit has a diameter of approximately 1.0 mm.

6. The colostomy balloon plug device of claim 1, wherein the parallel third conduit has a diameter of approximately 1.0 mm.

7. The colostomy balloon plug device of claim 1, wherein the central first conduit has the overall length ranging from 4.0 cm to 10.0 cm.