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Device for collecting body excretions and method of using same

  • US 4,095,599 A
  • Filed: 01/10/1977
  • Issued: 06/20/1978
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/18/1976
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A device for draining and collecting body excretions, comprising a gum-based flat, plate-like member adapted to come into contact with the user'"'"'s skin round the location from which excretion is to be discharged having a hole enabling the free flow of excretion therethrough and lines of reduced strength extending radially outwardly from said hole, a support on which a bag for collecting excretion is adapted to be secured, the support being of supple material and having an aperture larger than the hole in the gum-based member and annular zones concentric with said aperture and secured to said support by manually tearable attachment points for enlarging the size of said aperture in said support by removal of at least one of said annular zones, the gum-based member being operatively connected to the support by pushing the portion of the member surrounding the hole having said lines of reduced strength through said aperture and around the edge of said aperture in the support when positioning the device on the user, thereby forming a wrap-around pad tightly embracing and sealing said edge of the aperture and the location from which the excretion is discharged when in position on the user.

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