CATHETER BAG AND HARNESS

• US 20130245585A1
• Filed: 03/06/2013
• Published: 09/19/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 03/06/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Godfrey T. Letellier
• Original Assignee: Godfrey T. Letellier
• Inventors: LETELLIER, GODFREY T.
• Granted Patent: US 9,259,345 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 604/328
• CPC Class Codes: A41F 9/002 Free belts
• CPC Class Codes: A45C 13/30 Straps; Bands
• CPC Class Codes: A45F 2003/144 Pack-carrying waist or torso belts
• CPC Class Codes: A45F 2005/008 Hand articles fastened to the wrist or to the arm or to the leg
• CPC Class Codes: A45F 3/02 Sacks or packs carried on the body by means of one strap passing over the shoulder
• CPC Class Codes: A45F 3/14 Carrying-straps; Pack-carrying harnesses
• CPC Class Codes: A45F 5/021 to the belt
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 5/44 Devices worn by the patient for reception of urine, faeces, catamenial or other discharge; Portable urination aidsabsorbent pads, e.g. sanitary towels, A61F13/15; drainage appliances for wounds A61M27/00; emptying devices for urine bags B65B69/0016; Colostomy devices adhesives for colostomy devices A61L24/00; materials for colostomy devices A61L28/00
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 5/4404 Details or parts
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 5/4408 Means for securing receptacles or bags to the body otherwise than by adhesives, e.g. belts, straps or harnesses A61F5/449 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 5/445 Colostomy, ileostomy or urethrostomy devices A61F5/441, A61F5/442, A61F5/443 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61J 1/10 Bag-type containers
• CPC Class Codes: A61J 1/12 with means for holding samples of contents
• CPC Class Codes: A61J 1/14 Details; Accessories therefor A61J7/00 takes precedence; openers B65D, B67B7/00

Abstract

The disclosure includes embodiments of an improved catheter bag comprising a bag portion, a top tab portion and a bottom tab portion with a one way entry valve extending through said top tab portion to permit fluid to enter the bag portion. A draining valve is provided in the bottom tab portion operable from an open to a closed position. The catheter bag is provided with pairs of parallel vertical slots sized and shaped to retain straps for retaining the bag against the body.

Claims

1. A harness for holding a catheter or urine bag against a patient'"'"'s leg, the harness comprising a lower leg strap portion, an upper leg strap portion and a shoulder strap portion.

2. The harness of claim 1 wherein lower leg strap portion is sized and shaped to feed through a pair of slots near a bottom edge of a catheter bag and go around a patient'"'"'s leg.

3. The harness of claim 2 wherein upper leg strap portion is sized and shaped to feed through a pair of slots near a top edge of a catheter bag and go around a patient'"'"'s leg.

4. The harness of claim 3 wherein the shoulder strap portion is sized and shaped to have one end connect to one side of upper leg strap portion go over the patient'"'"'s shoulder and the other end connect to another side of upper leg strap portion.

5. The harness of claim 4 wherein the shoulder strap portion has an means to adjust the length of the shoulder strap portion when in use to adjust the vertical positioning of the catheter bag on the patient'"'"'s leg.

6. An improved catheter bag comprising a bag portion a top tab portion and a bottom tab portion with a one way entry valve extending through said top tab portion to permit fluid to enter the bag portion, a draining valve in the bottom tab portion operable from an open to a closed position, wherein catheter bag is provided with a first pair of parallel vertical slots sized and shaped to retain an upper leg strap located below a top edge of the catheter bag within the top tab portion with one of said first pair of slots is located on one side of the one way entry valve and the other of said first pair of slots located on the other side of the one way entry valve and spaced apart but close enough to avoid bunching of the top tab portion when in use, and a second pair of parallel vertical slots sized and shaped to retain a lower leg strap, said second pair of vertical slots located above a bottom edge within the bottom tab portion and with one of said second pair of slots located on one side of the draining valve and the other of said second pair of slots located on the other side of the draining valve and spaced apart but close enough to avoid bunching of bottom tab portion when in use.

7. The catheter bag of claim 6 wherein the draining valve is a push-pull valve.

8. The catheter bag of claim 7 wherein two “

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rings have been placed on a stem of one way entry valve to which a catheter hose is connected to reduce the risk of the hose disengaging from the entry valve.

9. The catheter bag of claim 6 wherein corners of the upper and lower tab portions are rounded.