Artificial anus device

• US 5,209,744 A
• Filed: 06/10/1991
• Issued: 05/11/1993
• Est. Priority Date: 06/13/1990
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Shosaburo Abe, Yoshikatsu Abe
• Original Assignee: Shosaburo Abe, Yoshikatsu Abe
• Inventors: Abe, Shosaburo, Abe, Yoshikatsu
• Primary Examiner(s): Green, Randall L.
• Assistant Examiner(s): CLARKE, ROBERT A
• Application Number:
  US07/712,276
• Time in Patent Office: 701 Days
• Field of Search: 604/332-345
• US Class Current: 604/342
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 5/445 Colostomy, ileostomy or urethrostomy devices A61F5/441, A61F5/442, A61F5/443 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 5/448 Means for attaching bag to seal ring

Abstract

An artificial anus device consists of a device body and an excreta receptacle bag, and is fastened to the abdomen of a user with a belt. The device body is provided in its central portion with a through hole into which the excreta receptacle bag and an artificial anus are to be inserted, and on the portion thereof which is around the through hole with an abdomen pressure contacting portion of a predetermined thickness formed integrally therewith. The abdomen pressure contacting portion is provided in the outer circumferential surface of its base part with a recessed locking portion with which the excreta receptacle bag can be detachably engaged. The device body is provided in the portions thereof which are on the left and right sides of and symmetric with respect to the through hole and which are formed integrally with the abdomen pressure contacting portion with locking holes in which both end portions of the belt are locked. The excreta receptacle bag has a cylindrical bag body formed out of flexible rubber or synthetic resin and having at its open end a ring type locking portion to be engaged detachably with the recessed locking portion, and a closed end portion on the opposite side of the open end thereof, the film which constitutes the excreta receptacle bag covering the abdomen pressure contacting portion of and the inner surface of the through hole in the device body, the open end of this bag being engaged detachably with the recessed locking portion.

Claims

1. An artificial anus device comprising:

an excreta receptacle bag comprising a flexible bag body made from a thin film and having an opening at one end thereof;

a device body for securing said receptacle bag to an abdomen, said device body comprising a through hole, one side of said device body comprising an abdomen pressure contacting portion disposed around said through hole and a locking portion comprising an annular recess disposed around an outer circumference of said device body;

wherein said one side of said receptacle bag is inserted through said through hole and an edge of said opening is detachably engaged in said annular recess such that said thin film covers said abdomen pressure contacting portion and an inner surface of said through hole and said annular recess has a depth deeper on one side of said outer circumference of said device body than on the other side of said outer circumference of said device body.

2. An artificial anus device according to claim 1, wherein a cut edge portion of said device body is provided on another side of said device body opposite said one side and on a non-pressure contacting portion of said device body, wherein the cut edge portion is substantially flush with or slightly higher than a depth of said annular recess.

3. An artificial anus device according to claim 1, further comprising a protective projection formed on an opposite side of said device body around said through hole and projecting in a direction away from said pressure contacting portion.

4. An artificial anus device according to claim 3, further comprising a bore provided in a lower portion of said protective projection.

5. An artificial anus device according to claim 1, further comprising an auxiliary flexible bag fastened detachably to said device body so as to enclose said excreta receptacle bag.

6. An artificial anus device according to claim 1, wherein said excreta receptacle bag comprises a bag body formed from a flexible rubber or synthetic resin and having a locking ring at said open end thereof, wherein said locking ring is securely engageable in said annular recess.

7. An artificial anus device comprising:

an excreta receptacle bag comprising a flexible bag body made from a thin film and having an opening at one end thereof;

a device body for securing said receptacle bag to an abdomen, said device body comprising a through hole, one side of said device body comprising an abdomen pressure contacting portion disposed around said hole, a protective projection formed on an opposite side of said device body around said through hole and projecting in a direction opposite from said pressure contacting portion, and a locking portion comprising an annular recess disposed around an outer circumferential surface of said protective projection;

wherein said one end of said receptacle bag is engaged around said projection and an edge of said opening is detachably engaged in said annular recess and the other circumferential surface of said protective projection comprises a stepped surface, said stepped surface having first and second outer diameter portions, said first outer diameter portion being larger in diameter than said second outer diameter portion, said first outer diameter portion having an auxiliary bag locking portion comprising a first annular recess, and said second outer diameter portion having an excreta bag locking portion comprising a second annular recess.

8. An artificial anus device according to claim 7, further comprising a bore provided in a lower portion of said protective projection.

9. An artificial anus device according to claim 7, further comprising an auxiliary flexible bag fastened detachably to said device body so as to enclose said excreta receptacle bag.

10. An artificial anus device according to claim 7, wherein said excreta receptacle bag comprises a bag body formed from a flexible rubber or synthetic resin and having a locking ring at said open end thereof, wherein said locking ring is securely engageable in said annular recess.