Concealed colostomy apparatus and method

• US 6,050,982 A
• Filed: 11/03/1997
• Issued: 04/18/2000
• Est. Priority Date: 11/03/1997
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Alton D. Wheeler
• Original Assignee: Alton D. Wheeler
• Inventors: Wheeler, Alton D.
• Primary Examiner(s): Clarke, Robert A.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Peppers, III, Miley Craig
• Application Number:
  US08/963,347
• Time in Patent Office: 897 Days
• Field of Search: 604/332, 604/333, 604/334, 604/335, 604/336, 604/337, 604/338, 604/339, 604/340, 604/341, 604/342, 604/343, 604/344, 604/345, 600/29, 600/30, 600/31, 600/32
• US Class Current: 604/332
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 5/445 Colostomy, ileostomy or urethrostomy devices A61F5/441, A61F5/442, A61F5/443 take precedence

Abstract

A concealed colostomy apparatus comprising a sleeve insertible into the bowel via a discharge opening thereof for retention therein, the sleeve then having a discharge end; a cap removably interfitting the discharge end of the sleeve; and a flexible pouch received in collapsed position into the sleeve to in turn receive feces from the bowel, the cap being removable to allow distending of the pouch outside the sleeve and continued filling of fecal matter into the pouch.

Claims

1. In concealed colostomy apparatus, the combination comprising:

a) a sleeve insertible into a bowel via a discharge opening thereof for retention therein, the sleeve then having a discharge end,

b) a cap removably interfitting the discharge end of the sleeve,

c) and a flexible pouch received in collapsed position into the sleeve to in turn receive feces from the bowel, the cap being removable to allow distending of the pouch outside the sleeve and continued filling of fecal matter into the pouch.

2. The combination of claim 1 wherein the cap has a tubular portion receivable in telescopic interfitting relation with the sleeve.

3. The combination of claim 2 wherein the cap tubular portion is received in retained relation into the sleeve.

4. The combination of claim 3 wherein the cap has a grip flange seating against the discharge end of the sleeve.

5. The combination of claim 4 wherein the discharge end of the sleeve defines a sleeve flange that seats said cap flange.

6. The combination of claim 2 wherein the cap has a grip flange seating against the discharge end of the sleeve.

7. The combination of claim 6 wherein the discharge end of the sleeve defines a sleeve flange that seats said cap flange.

8. The combination of claim 7 including a means to removably retain the sleeve flange to the cap flange.

9. The combination of claim 8 wherein said means comprises hook and fastener assembly.

10. The combination of claim 1 wherein the sleeve has open-end communication with a discharge opening of a lower bowel.

11. The combination of claim 1 wherein said cap is attached to said collapsed pouch to allow distending of the pouch as the cap is removed away from the sleeve.

12. In the method of using concealed colostomy apparatus, the steps that include:

a) providing a sleeve and inserting the sleeve into a lower bowel via a discharge opening thereof for retention therein, the sleeve then having a discharge end,

b) providing a cap removably interfitting the discharge end of the sleeve,

c) and providing a flexible pouch and receiving the pouch in collapsed position into the sleeve to in turn receive feces from the bowel, the cap being removable to allow distending of the pouch outside the sleeve and continued filling of fecal matter into the pouch.

13. The method of claim 12 including distending the pouch from the sleeve for feces in-filling, after first removing the cap from the sleeve.

14. The method of claim 13 including thereafter removing the sleeve from the lower bowel, for disposal.