Male urine collection devices

• US 5,267,990 A
• Filed: 03/30/1992
• Issued: 12/07/1993
• Est. Priority Date: 04/12/1991
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Smiths Industries Public Limited Company
• Original Assignee: Smiths Industries Public Limited Company
• Inventors: Cross, David E., Brooks, Kenneth J.
• Primary Examiner(s): Green, Randall L.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Willse, David H.
• Application Number:
  US07/859,974
• Time in Patent Office: 617 Days
• Field of Search: 604/347, 604/349-352, 128/844, 206/69
• US Class Current: 604/352
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 5/453 for collecting urine or other discharge from male member A61F6/04 takes precedence ; devices for taking sperm samples A61B10/0058

Abstract

A male urine collection device has a short sheath the rear end of which fits over the glans and a short part of the shaft of the penis. The device is of latex rubber and is between 0.6 mm and 1.0 mm thick at its rear end. At its forward end, the device has a outlet tube which is joined to the rear end by a bulbous surge chamber. The rear end of the sheath is everted back over the outlet tube at the mouth of the surge chamber and is self supporting so that, when it is held against the tip of the penis, the rear end can be pushed rearwardly to cause it to revert about the penis. An adhesive band around the rear end of the sheath is protected by a release sheet which can be removed as the sheath reverts about the penis.

Claims

1. In a male urine collection device of the kind comprising a sheath adapted to be fitted about the glans and a part at least of the shaft of the penis, the sheath having an outlet tube at its forward end and an open rear end which is everted back over the forward end of the sheath, the improvement wherein the device includes a region of adhesive on the outer surface of the everted sheath which is protected before application by a removable release sheet, the internal diameter of the sheath being substantially equal to the diameter of the penis, and the thickness and material of the sheath alone rendering the sheath self supporting in its everted state, even without said release sheet, so that the sheath can be pushed axially in a rearward direction to cause it to revert about the penis with the entire adhesive region contacting the surface of the penis.

2. A device according to claim 1, wherein the sheath has a bulbous surge chamber at the rear end of the outlet tube.

3. A device according to claim 2, wherein the sheath is everted about the rear end of the surge chamber.

4. A device according to claim 1, wherein the sheath is of latex rubber.

5. A device according to claim 1, wherein the thickness of the sheath in the region of the rear end is between 0.6 mm and 1.0 mm.

6. A device according to claim 5, wherein the thickness of the sheath in the region of the outlet tube is substantially 1.2 mm.

7. A device according to claim 1, wherein the device includes a rod shape applicator which is removably secured to the outlet tube and which can be gripped to facilitate application of the collection device.

8. A method of applying a male urine collection device to the penis of a user, comprising the steps of:

providing a collection device having a sheath with an outlet tube at its forward end and a rear end that is everted back over the forward end, the material and thickness of the sheath rendering the sheath itself self-supporting, the internal diameter of the sheath being substantially equal to the diameter of the penis, the device having a region of adhesive on the outer surface of the everted sheath and a release sheet protecting the adhesive;

placing the device against the tip of the penis;

gripping the everted rear end of the self supporting sheath and pushing it axially rearwardly so that the sheath reverts about the shaft of the penis and so that the entire adhesive region contacts the surface of the penis; and

removing the release sheet before contact of the adhesive region with the surface of the penis.

9. A method according to claim 8, wherein the release sheet is removed after placing the device against the tip of the penis by allowing the release sheet to peel away from the sheath as the adhesive region is reverted about the shaft of the penis.