Personal urine management system for human males

• US 7,186,245 B1
• Filed: 06/29/2000
• Issued: 03/06/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 06/29/1999
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Daniel M. Beane, Gordon C. Cheng, James R. Valentine, Richard M. Beane
• Original Assignee: Daniel M. Beane, Gordon C. Cheng, James R. Valentine, Richard M. Beane
• Inventors: Beane, Richard M., Valentine, James R., Cheng, Gordon C., Beane, Daniel M.
• Primary Examiner(s): Zaukaeva; Tatyana
• Assistant Examiner(s): ANDERSON, CATHARINE L
• Application Number:
  US09/606,721
• Time in Patent Office: 2,441 Days
• Field of Search: 604349-352
• US Class Current: 604/350
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 5/44 Devices worn by the patient for reception of urine, faeces, catamenial or other discharge; Portable urination aidsabsorbent pads, e.g. sanitary towels, A61F13/15; drainage appliances for wounds A61M27/00; emptying devices for urine bags B65B69/0016; Colostomy devices adhesives for colostomy devices A61L24/00; materials for colostomy devices A61L28/00
• 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

Novel component devices for urine management systems including a novel collection device, a novel conveyance tube, and a novel storage container. The collection device, a novel male catheter, comprises a waterproof, thin-walled conduction tube surrounding the penis, having wettable internal walls and containing a spacing wick. At one end, the conduction tube is connected to, or surrounded by, an elastic compression tube that provides a uniform compressive force around the girth of the penis for attachment and liquid seal to said penis, and at the other end is attached to a fitting that connects to the conveyance tube. The elastic compression tube is radially expanded prior to donning and, when in place over the penis, is allowed to elastically retract, providing radial compression for comfortable, and leak-free fit and use. The conveyance tube, which carries urine from collector to storage container, contains a spacer throughout its length to prevent the tube lumen from being completely closed and sealed off by kinks or twists in the tube. Said tube may be a thin-wall flat tube that can conform to the body shape of the wearer, can expand in cross-section as flow rate increases, and can shrink and flatten as flow rate drops off. Urine is retained as immobilized material in a storage container that can be either replaced and disposed of or emptied and reused with cleaning as needed. The storage container'"'"'s internal structure also provides a means for unique fluid transfer and retention capabilities. A system comprised entirely of said novel devices, serially and contiguously connected, forms a continuous liquid pathway that enables removal of residual pools of urine, as well as transport and storage of urine at locations that are gravitationally higher than the source.

Claims

1. A system for collecting conveying, and storing urine discharged from a penis of a human male comprising

means for collection of the urine from the human male comprising proximal and distal ends and outer and inner surfaces;

means for storage of the urine before disposal of the urine comprising proximal and distal ends and outer and inner surfaces;

means for conveying the urine from said means for collection of the urine to said means for storage of the urine comprising proximal and distal ends and outer and inner surfaces;

means for wicking the urine away from the penis wherein said means for wicking moves the urine counter-gravitationally and gravitationally away from the penis through said means for collection and said means for conveying, and deposits the urine in said means for storage, said means for wicking including a first wicking spacer disposed within said means for collection, said means for wicking further including a second wicking spacer disposed within said means for conveying, said means for wicking further including a third wicking spacer disposed within said means for storage of the urine, said means for wicking further including a first wicking spacer piece forming contiguous wicking connection between said first wicking spacer and said second wicking spacer, said means for wicking further including a second wicking spacer piece forming contiguous wicking connections between said second wicking spacer and said third wicking spacer, wherein said first wicking spacer, said first wicking spacer piece, said second wicking spacer, said second wicking spacer piece, and said third wicking spacer collectively form a complete wicking path from said means for collection to said means for storage, said first wicking spacer comprises comprising a y-shape having a tail and two legs such that said legs of said y-shape lie in proximity to said inner surface of said means for collection.