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Urinary applicance

  • US 4,820,291 A
  • Filed: 07/20/1987
  • Issued: 04/11/1989
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/27/1986
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A urinary appliance comprising a genital receiving bag, said genital receiving bag made of a soft and flexible material that is air permeable, and water repellent to permit air to escape therefrom to maintain the interior of said bag in continuous communication with atmospheric pressure;

  • an undergarment adapted to encircle a portion of a user'"'"'s body, said undergarment having a pair of legs, each leg thereof being adapted with an external bag made of a soft, flexible fabric material;

    said genital receiving bag is funnel shaped and including an opened substantially circularly shaped larger opening at one end thereof adapted to be fitted over a penis of a male user, and to engage the user'"'"'s genital area adjacent the penis;

    means for attaching removably said genital receiving bag to said undergarment;

    said genital receiving bag further including an opened urine outlet at a smaller end thereof to allow the urine to escape therefrom;

    said genital receiving bag being composed of cloth material, and enlarged at said larger end for increased capacity, to accommodate readily and comfortably variations in the size of the user'"'"'s penis;

    wherein said larger end of said genital receiving bag is closed partially by a sealing sheet;

    said sealing sheet being generally annularly-shaped and composed of a flat, soft, flexible, fabric material that is permeable to air and water repellent;

    said annular sealing sheet being attached to the genital receiving bag along the periphery of said larger end to extend tautly across the opening and to enable said sealing sheet to engage directly and conform to the shape of the genital area adjacent the penis of the user for sealing said sheet to the body of the user in a comfortable manner;

    said annular sheet having an insertion hole to be fitted over the penis of the user, and a wide body-engageable portion extending from the periphery of said larger end of said genital receiving bag to said insertion hole, for sealing purposes;

    a cylinder composed of a soft, flexible, cloth fabric material that is air permeable and water repellent and attached integrally to said sheet around a periphery of the insertion hole thereof for sealing said sheet to the penis of such a user;

    said cylinder extending over a substantial portion of the axial length of the male penis to support the penis within said cylinder for enhancing the sealing engagement of the urinary appliance and for causing the penis to be spaced-apart from the inner surface of said genital receiving bag, for minimizing skin irritation resulting from the penis contacting and rubbing against the genital receiving bag;

    a tube;

    a first urine storage bag disposably contained in one of said external bags wherein said first urine storage bag is connected in fluid communication by said tube to the urine outlet of said genital receiving bag for receiving and storing urine;

    wherein said first urine storage bag is substantially closed, and includes means defining a small opening through which said tube extends a substantial distance into said first urine storage bag, sufficient to prevent said tube from backing out of the interior of said first urine storage bag;

    said tube having a relatively short length disposed outside of said first urine storage bag for reducing the risk of accidental disengagement from said first urine storage bag;

    wherein a highly water-absorbent resin which absorbs the gels urine is disposed inside said first urine storage bag to absorb and gel urine and to inhibit the flow of urine back out of the urine storage bag;

    a second urine storage bag disposably contained in the other of said external bags, said second urine storage bag being adapted to be connected in fluid communication by said tube to the urine outlet of said genital receiving bag for receiving and storing urine when said first urine storage bag becomes substantially full of gelled urine;

    said second urine storage bag being substantially closed and including means defining a small opening through which said tube may be received and extended a substantial distance into said second urine storage bag, sufficient to prevent said tube from backing out of the interior of said second urine storage bag when received therein; and

    wherein a highly water-absorbent resin which absorbs and gels urine is disposed inside said second urine storage bag to absorb and gel urine and to inhibit the flow of urine back out of said second urine storage bag when said tube is inserted therein.

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