Multiple continuous type liquid waste disposal apparatus

• US 20020026160A1
• Filed: 06/18/2001
• Published: 02/28/2002
• Est. Priority Date: 06/19/2000
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Gunma Koike Co., Ltd. (Koike Sanso Kogyo Company Limited), Koike Medical Co., Ltd. (Koike Sanso Kogyo Company Limited)
• Original Assignee: Gunma Koike Co., Ltd. (Koike Sanso Kogyo Company Limited), Koike Medical Co., Ltd. (Koike Sanso Kogyo Company Limited)
• Inventors: Takahashi, Masao, Koike, Kazuo, Takano, Eiichi
• Granted Patent: US 6,808,515 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 604/319
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 1/604 Bag or liner in a rigid container, with suction applied to both
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 1/78 Means for preventing overflow or contamination of the pumping systems combined with drainage containers A61M1/60
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 1/782 using valves with freely moving parts, e.g. float valves
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 1/882 Draining devices provided with means for releasing antimicrobial or gelation agents in the drained fluid
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/84 for treating several patients simultaneously
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2209/084 Supporting bases, stands for equipment
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 137/86187 Plural tanks or compartments connected for serial flow

Abstract

The object of this invention is to provide a multiply connected type liquid waste disposal apparatus to unify the kind of canister bottles used for multiple connection, to provide plural patient hoses for separate use, to enable easy visual recognition of a content capacity even if a liquid waste disposing capacity is increased, and to rapidly solidify an absorbed liquid waste.

Plural canister bottles forming a straight line by being serially connected in order, wherein:

the patient hose 14 is connected to the absorption port of the lying member L1; the discharge port 8 of lying member L1 and the absorption port 7 of the lying member L2, the discharge port 8 of lying member L2 and the absorption port 7 of the lying member L3, and the discharge port 8 of lying member L3 and the absorption port of the lying member L4 are respectively serially connected with the connection pipe 15; the connection pipe 15 connected to the discharge port 8 of the lying member L4 arranged at the terminal row is connected to the closing stopper 16 of the lid 3; and the absorption pressure is applied from the exhaust port 9 of each lying member L. Each lying member L contains the float 5 retaining the solidifying agent 6 and the stop valve 9a serves to cease the absorption pressure from the exhaust port 9 when the float 5 floats inside the liquid waste 21 and reaches the ceiling portion.

Claims

1. A multiple continuous type liquid waste disposal apparatus comprising:

plural connected canister bottles, each of the canister bottles having an absorption port for absorbing liquid waste, each of the canister bottles having a discharge port for discharging liquid waste, each canister bottle serving to contain the liquid waste absorbed from the absorption port;

wherein;

each of the canister bottles has an exhaust port for creating negative pressure inside the canister bottle;

the discharge port of one canister bottle is connected to the absorption port of the other canister bottle in a serially connected manner; and

the exhaust port of the canister bottle arranged at a terminal row is closed.

2. The multiple continuous type liquid waste disposal apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the plural canister bottles form a straight line by being serially connected in order.

6. The multiple continuous type liquid waste disposal apparatus according to any one of the claims 1 through 5, wherein the canister bottle comprises an outer container and an internal bag contained inside the outer container with a solidifying agent contained inside of the internal bag.

7. The multiple continuous type liquid waste disposal apparatus according to claim 6, wherein the internal bag of the canister bottle contains a float retaining the solidifying agent and having a specific gravity less than 1.

3. A multiple continuous type liquid waste disposal apparatus comprising:

n (n being same as or more than

     3)connected canister bottles, the canister bottles having an absorption port and a discharge port, the canister bottles containing a liquid waste absorbed from the absorption port;

the canister bottles allowing the contained liquid waste to be seen from outside,

wherein;

the discharge port of a first canister bottle and the absorption port of a second canister bottle are connected, and the discharge port of the second canister bottle and the absorption port of a third canister bottle are connected, and . . . the discharge port of n−

1 canister bottle and the absorption port of n canister bottle are connected; and

the canister bottles form a straight line by being serially connected in an order starting from the first canister bottle to the n canister bottle.

4. A multiple continuous type liquid waste disposal apparatus comprising:

plural connected canister bottles, each of the canister bottles having an absorption port for absorbing liquid waste, each of the canister bottles having a discharge port for discharging liquid waste, each canister bottle serving to contain the liquid waste absorbed from the absorption port;

wherein;

each of the canister bottles has an exhaust port for creating negative pressure inside the canister bottle;

the canister bottles are separated into at least two groups in which the discharge port of one canister bottle is connected to the absorption port of the other canister bottle in a serially connected manner;

each of the separated canister bottle groups has a terminal canister bottle with a closed discharge port; and

each of the separated canister bottle groups has a primary canister bottle with a patient hose connected to the absorption port.

5. The multiple continuous type liquid waste disposal apparatus according to claim 4, wherein each group of the separated plural canister bottles are serially connected in order to form a straight line.