Inflatable collecting bag, in particular for an artificial anus
First Claim
1. A collecting bag for collecting body excreta running from an artificial anus, said bag comprising:
- a receptacle for receiving and storing said excreta, the receptacle comprising a front wall and a back wall that are welded together along a peripheral weld which defines the periphery of said receptacle, the back wall comprising an inlet opening for excreta and means for fixing the bag to the patient in such a manner that said inlet opening is in register with the artificial anus of said patient,an inflatable cushion configured to prevent pressures exerted on the bag, once placed on the patient, from bearing against the artificial anus, the cushion extending radially from the periphery of the receptacle and situated at a sufficient distance from said inlet opening such that, once the bag is placed on the patient, said cushion transmits no pressure to the artificial anus of said patient, andmeans for inflating said cushion, said means comprising a valve having a first end outside the cushion and a second end inside the cushion.
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a collecting bag in particular for collecting body excreta running from an artificial anus, the bag being provided with padding designed, when the bag is in place, to surround the artificial anus in order to protect it. The padding is constituted by a cushion adapted to be inflated, and inflation means are also provided to enable the patient to inflate the cushion to the desired extent. In order to avoid excessively reducing the volume of excreta that can be collected, the cushion preferably extends along the periphery of the bag. It is also preferably disposed between the front wall and the back wall of the bag so as to hold them apart from each other. In this way, excreta, including solid excreta, have no difficulty in penetrating into the bag as stiffened by the inflated cushion, which thus transforms the bag into a kind of box.
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15 Claims
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1. A collecting bag for collecting body excreta running from an artificial anus, said bag comprising:
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a receptacle for receiving and storing said excreta, the receptacle comprising a front wall and a back wall that are welded together along a peripheral weld which defines the periphery of said receptacle, the back wall comprising an inlet opening for excreta and means for fixing the bag to the patient in such a manner that said inlet opening is in register with the artificial anus of said patient, an inflatable cushion configured to prevent pressures exerted on the bag, once placed on the patient, from bearing against the artificial anus, the cushion extending radially from the periphery of the receptacle and situated at a sufficient distance from said inlet opening such that, once the bag is placed on the patient, said cushion transmits no pressure to the artificial anus of said patient, and means for inflating said cushion, said means comprising a valve having a first end outside the cushion and a second end inside the cushion. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. The collecting bag for collecting body excreta running from an artificial anus, said bag comprising:
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a receptacle for receiving and storing said excreta, the receptacle comprising a front wall and a back wall that are welded together along a peripheral weld which defines the periphery of said receptacle, the back wall comprising an inlet opening for excreta and means for fixing the bag to the patient in such a manner that said inlet opening is in register with the artificial anus of said patient, the receptacle having, once the bag is placed on the patient, a top portion and a bottom portion, an inflatable cushion extending in at least the top portion of the receptacle and configured to prevent pressures exerted on the bag, once placed on the patient, from bearing against the artificial anus, the cushion extending radially from the periphery of the receptacle towards the inlet opening and ending at a sufficient distance from said inlet opening so that, once the bag is placed on the patient, said cushion transmits no pressure to the artificial anus of said patient, and means for inflating the cushion, said means comprising a valve having a first end outside the cushion an a second end inside the cushion.
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