Valve for incontinent patients
First Claim
1. A ostomy valve for incontinent patients comprising a valve body and a drainage tube, said drainage tube having an inner end portion for insertion within the stoma of a patient and a collapsible outer end portion, said valve body associated with said collapsible outer end portion of said tube comprising plate means having an orifice through which said outer end portion of said draining tube passes, releasable clamping means comprising a pair of pivotable clamping arms mounted on said plate means and extending on opposing sides of said orifice for collapsing the lumen of said tube, and removable cover means cooperating with said plate means to define a space enclosing said clamping means and that portion of the outer end of said tube which extends from said clamping means.
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Abstract
A continent ostomy valve comprising a drainage tube which is secured at one end within the stoma of the patient while the other end passes through an orifice in a disk-shaped valve body which includes releasable clamping means for selectively occluding the drainage tube. The outer end of the drainage tube is stored on the face of the valve body under a cover which encloses the valve body and provides a low profile of uniform configuration.
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24 Claims
- 1. A ostomy valve for incontinent patients comprising a valve body and a drainage tube, said drainage tube having an inner end portion for insertion within the stoma of a patient and a collapsible outer end portion, said valve body associated with said collapsible outer end portion of said tube comprising plate means having an orifice through which said outer end portion of said draining tube passes, releasable clamping means comprising a pair of pivotable clamping arms mounted on said plate means and extending on opposing sides of said orifice for collapsing the lumen of said tube, and removable cover means cooperating with said plate means to define a space enclosing said clamping means and that portion of the outer end of said tube which extends from said clamping means.
- 3. A for incontienent patients ostomy valve comprising a valve body and a drainage tube, said drainage tube having an inner end portion for insertion within the stoma of a patient and a collapsible outer end portion, said valve body comprising a back plate having an orifice through which said outer end portion of said drainage tube passes, a front plate having an orifice through which said outer end portion of said drainage tube passes, said front plate being spaced from said back plate and secured thereto, releasable clamping means for collapsing the lumen of said tube being mounted between said front and back plates and extending on opposing sides of said orifice, and removable cover means enclosing said front plate and defining a space for storing that portion of the outer end of said tube extending from said front plate.
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14. A valve body for use with a collapsible tube comprising a back plate having an orifice sized to accept a collapsible tube, a front plate secured to and spaced from said back plate, said front plate having an orifice sized to accept said tube in axial alignment with the orifice in said back plate,
clamping means comprising a pair of moveable clamping arms positioned on either side of said orifice between said front and back plates and pivotable about a post extending between said front and back plates, and removable cover means enclosing the front plate of said valve body and defining an enclosed space over said front plate.
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