Sealing device for controlling ileo-colostomies

• US 5,045,052 A
• Filed: 11/15/1989
• Issued: 09/03/1991
• Est. Priority Date: 11/15/1988
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Jose V. Sans
• Original Assignee: Jose V. Sans
• Inventors: Sans, Jose V.
• Primary Examiner(s): Green, Randall L.
• Assistant Examiner(s): CLARKE, ROBERT A
• Application Number:
  US07/437,364
• Time in Patent Office: 657 Days
• Field of Search: 600/32, 604/337, 604/327, 604/328, 604/332
• US Class Current: 600/32
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 5/445 Colostomy, ileostomy or urethrostomy devices A61F5/441, A61F5/442, A61F5/443 take precedence

Abstract

A sealing device for controlling ileo-colostomies comprises an external cover, a hollow stopper insertable into a hole or preternatural anus practiced, a base plate to be applied on an external face of an abdominal area and surrounding the hole or preternatural anus, and elements for releasably connecting the cover with the stopper and with the base plate.

Claims

1. A sealing device for controlling ileo-colostomies, comprising an external cover;

a hollow stopper insertable into a hole or preternatural anus practiced;

a base plate to be applied on an external face of an abdominal area and surrounding the hole or preternatural anus; and

means for detachably connecting said cover with said stopper and with said base plate and including connecting formations provided on said stopper and said cover and detachably engageable with one another, so that said stopper can be connected with said cover by pressing said stopper against said cover, and said stopper can be withdrawn from said cover being replaced by a colostomy bag or another stopper.

2. A sealing device as defined in claim 1, wherein said stopper is formed as an elastic hollow stopper.

3. A sealing device as defined in claim 1, wherein said cover has a rim arranged to be coupled with said stopper.

4. A sealing device as defined in claim 1, wherein said base plate includes a porous adhesive and a Karaya washer.

5. A sealing device as defined in claim 1, wherein said cover is composed of a hard material, while said stopper is composed of a soft material.

8. A sealing device as defined in claim 1, wherein said cover has a female annular recess, said base plate having a male edge engaged in said annular recess so that by pulling said cover said stopper can be withdrawn from the hole or preternatural anus to allow application of a colostomy bag.

9. A sealing device as defined in claim 1;

and further comprising exhaust means for discharging gases or winds.

6. A sealing device for controlling ileo-colostomies, comprising an external cover;

a hollow stopper insertable into a hole or preternatural anus practiced;

a base plate to be applied on an external face of an abdominal area and surrounding the hole or preternatural anus; and

means for releasably connecting said cover with said stopper and with said base plate, said cover being provided with a stem having a hooking edge, said stopper being provided with a hole in which said stem engages to detachably connect said cover with said stopper.

7. A sealing device as defined in claim 6, wherein said cover has an annular recess surrounding a stem, said stopper having a collar insertable into said recess.

10. A sealing device for controlling ileo-colostomies, comprising an external cover;

a hollow stopper insertable into a hole or preternatural anus practiced;

a base plate to be applied on an external face of a an abdominal area and surrounding the hole or preternatural anus; and

means for releasably connecting said cover with said stopper and with said base plate; and

exhaust means for discharging gases or winds, said exhaust means including a hollow formed in said stopper and a plurality of holes also formed in said stopper and communicating said hollow with outside, a central stem connecting said cover with said stopper and provided with a central passing hole, and an enclosure formed in said cover and accommodating a bad smell suppressing element, so that gases or winds from an interior of intestine flow through said holes in said stopper into said hollow and then through said passing hole in said central stem into said enclosure and through said bad smell suppressing element.

11. A sealing device as defined in claim 10, wherein said cover includes a main lid and an additional lid, said enclosure being formed in said main lid.

12. A sealing device as defined in claim 10, wherein said bad smell suppressing element is formed as a tablet of activated carbon.

13. A sealing device as defined in claim 11, wherein said additional lid is hingedly connected with said main lid and closes said enclosure in its closed condition.

14. A sealing device as defined in claim 13;

and further comprising means for coupling said additional lid with said main lid and including cooperating groove and projection provided on a respective one of said lids.

15. A sealing device as defined in claim 10, wherein said enclosure has a predetermined depth, said bad smell suppressing element having a thickness which is selected so that a chamber is formed between said bad smell suppressing element and said additional lid for slowing down the gases or winds.

16. A sealing device as defined in claim 11, wherein said bad smell suppressing element has a plurality of holes, said additional lid having a plurality of holes, said holes of each of said bad smell suppressing element, said additional lid and said stopper including at least two such holes.

17. A sealing device as defined in claim 10, wherein said holes of said stopper are arranged so that they cannot be obstructed by a wall of a colon when said stopper is introduced inside the latter.

18. A sealing device for controlling ileo-colostomies, comprising an external cover;

a hollow stopper insertable into a hole or preternatural anus practiced;

a base plate to be applied or an external face of an abdominal area and surrounding the hole or preternatural anus; and

means for releasably connecting said cover with said stopper and with said base plate, said stopper having a collar, said base plate including a ring provided with an internal rim, said cover being applied to said collar of said stopper and having an annular edge abutting against said internal rim of said base plate, and defining a hole in the region of an area surrounding the anus opening.