Colostomy bag belt

• US 5,947,942 A
• Filed: 07/18/1997
• Issued: 09/07/1999
• Est. Priority Date: 07/18/1997
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: David M. Galjour
• Original Assignee: David M. Galjour
• Inventors: Galjour, David M.
• Primary Examiner(s): Weiss, John G.
• Assistant Examiner(s): RUHL, DENNIS WILLIAM
• Application Number:
  US08/896,876
• Time in Patent Office: 781 Days
• Field of Search: 604/332-345
• US Class Current: 604/345
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 5/449 Body securing means, e.g. belts, garments

Abstract

A colostomy bag belt which utilizes: an inner comfort belt which holds a skin patch against the wearer'"'"'s skin, the skin patch being connected to a connector forming a conduit through the comfort belt; an exterior belt which forms a pouch therein and has a leak-proof safety pouch within the belt and has a connector forming a conduit through the exterior belt and into the safety pouch and which has a sealable opening through which as colostomy bag can be inserted into the safety pouch and secured to the connector; a flexible intermediate connector which completes the conduit from the skin patch to the safety pouch; and a colostomy bag placed in the safety pouch and connected to the conduit to receive the waste which exits the stoma and passes through the conduit.

Claims

1. A colostomy bag belt comprising:

a skin patch connector having a skin-facing surface, a mating surface and a first aperture extending through said skin patch connector from said skin-facing surface to said mating surface;

a comfort belt having a first inner surface, a first outer surface and a first adjustable closure, said comfort belt having a second aperture therethrough and a tubular inner belt connector disposed in said second aperture, said comfort belt further having a removable multi-layer pad attached to said first inner layer;

an exterior belt having a second inner surface, a second outer surface and a second adjustable closure, said exterior belt having a first pouch formed integrally therein, said exterior belt having a second, leak-proof pouch disposed within said first pouch, said second, leak-proof pouch having a first wall adjoining said second inner surface and a second wall adjoining said second outer surface, said exterior belt having a tubular exterior belt connector disposed within a third aperture which extends through said second inner surface and said first wall, said exterior belt further having a curved opening through said second outer surface and said second wall which allows access to the interior of said second, leak-proof pouch, said curved opening being closeable by a leak-proof zipper which extends along the edges of said curved opening, said curved opening forming a flap which is outwardly extendable from said curved opening, said exterior belt further having two pleats, one of each of said pleats being disposed on each end of said curved opening to form a reservoir when said flap is outwardly extended;

said skin patch connector being connected in mating fashion to said inner belt connector;

an expandable intermediate connector having a first end and a second end, said first end being connected in mating fashion to said inner belt connector, said second end being connected in mating fashion to said exterior belt connector, said expandable intermediate connector having accordion-style folds which allow said first and second ends to move with respect to each other while maintaining said mating connections;

a plurality of mating pairs of snaps, each pair having a male snap and a female snap, one snap of each of said pairs of snaps being attached to said first outer surface of said comfort belt around said comfort belt connector, the other snap of each of said pairs of snaps being attached to said second inner surface of said exterior belt around said exterior belt connector and in alignment with said snaps attached to said comfort belt;

a plurality of pairs of mating hook-and-loop patches, each pair having a patch of hook material and a patch of loop material, one patch of each pair being attached to said first outer surface of said comfort belt around said comfort belt connector, the other patch of each of said pairs of patches being attached to said second inner surface of said exterior belt around said exterior belt connector and in alignment with said patches attached to said comfort belt;

a colostomy bag attached to said exterior belt connector, a conduit being formed through said skin patch connector, said inner belt connector, said expandable intermediate connector and said exterior belt connector, said conduit terminating in the interior of said colostomy bag.

2. A colostomy bag belt comprising:

a skin patch connector having a skin-facing surface, a mating surface and a first aperture extending through said skin patch connector from said skin-facing surface to said mating surface;

a comfort belt having a first inner surface, a first outer surface and a first adjustable closure, said comfort belt having a second aperture therethrough and a tubular inner belt connector disposed in said second aperture;

said skin patch connector being connected in mating fashion to said inner belt connector;

a colostomy bag attached to a conduit formed through said skin patch connector and said inner belt connector, said colostomy bag being attached to said conduit at an end opposite said skin patch;

an exterior belt having a second inner surface, a second outer surface and a second adjustable closure, said exterior belt having a first pouch formed integrally therein, said exterior belt having a tubular exterior belt connector disposed within a third aperture which extends through said second inner surface, said exterior belt further having an opening through said second outer surface which allows access to the interior of said first pouch, said opening being closeable by a zipper which extends along the edges of said opening; and

an intermediate connector having a first end and a second end, said first end being connected in mating fashion to said inner belt connector, said second end being connected in mating fashion to said exterior belt connector, said conduit further comprising said intermediate connector and said exterior belt connector.

3. The colostomy bag belt of claim 2, further comprising at least one rubber grip attached to said second inner surface of said exterior belt.

4. The colostomy bag belt of claim 2 further comprising a removable multi-layer pad attached to said first inner surface of said comfort belt.

5. The colostomy bag belt of claim 2 wherein said intermediate connector is expandable and has accordion-style folds which allow said first and second ends to move with respect to each other while maintaining said mating connections.

6. The colostomy bag belt of claim 2 wherein said exterior belt comprises a second, leak-proof pouch disposed within said first pouch, said second, leak-proof pouch having a first wall adjoining said second inner surface and a second wall adjoining said second outer surface, and wherein said third aperture and said tubular exterior belt connector extend through said first wall, and wherein said opening through said second outer surface which allows access to the interior of said first pouch also extends through said second wall of said second pouch.

7. The colostomy bag belt of claim 6 wherein said opening in said second outer surface and said second wall of said second pouch is curved to form a flap which is outwardly extendable from said curved opening and wherein said zipper is leak-proof.

8. The colostomy bag belt of claim 7 wherein said intermediate connector is expandable and has accordion-style folds which allow said first and second ends to move with respect to each other while maintaining said mating connections.

9. The colostomy bag belt of claim 8, further comprising two pleats, one of each of said pleats being disposed on each end of said curved opening to form a reservoir when said flap is outwardly extended.

10. The colostomy bag belt of claim 9, further comprising a removable multi-layer attached to said first inner surface of said comfort belt.

11. The colostomy bag belt of claim 10, further comprising at least one rubber grip attached to said second inner surface of said exterior belt.

12. The colostomy bag belt of claim 10, further comprising:

a plurality mating pairs of snaps, each pair having a male snap and a female snap, one snap of each of said pairs of snaps being attached to said first outer surface of said comfort belt around said comfort belt connector, the other snap of each of said pairs of snaps being attached to said second inner surface of said exterior belt around said exterior belt connector and in alignment with said snaps attached to said comfort belt;

a plurality of pairs of mating hook-and-loop patches, each pair having a patch of hook material and a patch of loop material, one patch of each pair being attached to said first outer surface of said comfort belt around said comfort belt connector, the other patch of each of said pairs of patches being attached to said second inner surface of said exterior belt around said exterior belt connector and in alignment with said patches attached to said comfort belt.

13. The colostomy bag belt of claim 6, further comprising two pleats, one of each of said pleats being disposed on each end of said curved opening to form a reservoir when said flap is outwardly extended.

14. The colostomy bag belt of claim 6, further comprising:

a plurality mating pairs of snaps, each pair having a male snap and a female snap, one snap of each of said pairs of snaps being attached to said first outer surface of said comfort belt around said comfort belt connector, the other snap of each of said pairs of snaps being attached to said second inner surface of said exterior belt around said exterior belt connector and in alignment with said snaps attached to said comfort belt;

a plurality of pairs of mating hook-and-loop patches, each pair having a patch of hook material and a patch of loop material, one patch of each pair being attached to said first outer surface of said comfort belt around said comfort belt connector, the other patch of each of said pairs of patches being attached to said second inner surface of said exterior belt around said exterior belt connector and in alignment with said patches attached to said comfort belt; and

wherein

said intermediate connector is expandable and has accordion-style folds which allow said first and second ends to move with respect to each other while maintaining said mating connections.

15. The colostomy bag belt of claim 14 wherein said opening in said second outer surface and said second wall of said second pouch is curved to form a flap which is outwardly extendable from said curved opening and wherein said zipper is leak-proof.

16. The colostomy bag belt of claim 15, further comprising two pleats, one of each of said pleats being disposed on each end of said curved opening to form a reservoir when said flap is outwardly extended.

17. The colostomy bag belt of claim 16, further comprising a pocket attached to said second outer surface of said exterior belt.