Colostomy bag cleaning system

• US 7,842,018 B2
• Filed: 06/21/2004
• Issued: 11/30/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 06/21/2004
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Schena Ostomy Technologies, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Schena Ostomy Technologies, Inc.
• Inventors: Schena, Kenneth R., Schena, Blaine M.
• Primary Examiner(s): Reichle; Karin M
• Application Number:
  US10/874,294
• Publication Number:
  US 20050283126A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,353 Days
• Field of Search: 604/317, 604/327, 604332-345
• US Class Current: 604/344
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 5/442 having irrigation ports or means irrigators A61M3/02
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 5/445 Colostomy, ileostomy or urethrostomy devices A61F5/441, A61F5/442, A61F5/443 take precedence

Abstract

A colostomy bag having a cleansing system wherein the bag is cleaned while in its operable position associated with the person. More specifically, the system mounts a manifold within the colostomy bag with an access to water under pressure from outside, the manifold providing a spray dispersion of fluid, or cleansing water, at the top of the bag and gravity then drips it down through the bag and out the open bottom end, with the residue of the bag being washed out by the water and passing into a toilet. The user can thus easily flush the bag to complete cleaning with all residue from the bag passing into the toilet. A water source from the toilet itself, or other suitable water supply, provides the water under pressure to the manifold inside the top of the colostomy bag.

Claims

1. A colostomy bag system for collecting waste and cleansing while the bag is worn in an operable position on a wearer, said system comprising:

a colostomy bag having a top, an opening into an interior of the bag adjacent said top, a bottom end which is adapted to be repeatedly opened and sealed, and a first plastic ring formed with a first flange attached to the exterior of the bag surrounding the opening; and

an attachment patch having an inlet therethrough and adhesive on a back thereof adapted to directly attach to the skin of the wearer proximate a stoma of the wearer with the inlet surrounding the stoma,

said patch further including a circular manifold attached to a front of the patch surrounding the inlet, the manifold having a plurality of holes arranged in a circumferential relationship around a perimeter of the manifold with each of the plurality of holes in fluid communication with the inlet, a second plastic ring formed with a second flange, the second ring attached to the front of the patch surrounding the manifold, the second ring spaced from the manifold to define a circular cavity therebetween, and an access tube connected to the second ring for delivering fluid from an outside fluid source for passage first to the cavity, then through the plurality of holes of the manifold, the plurality of holes sized and oriented for spraying fluid radially toward a center of the manifold;

wherein, in the operable position, the first flange on the colostomy bag is adapted to snap together with the second flange on the patch for creating a fluid tight seal between the stoma and the interior of the bag; and

wherein, when the colostomy bag is worn in said operable position, the bag collects digestive waste when the bottom end is sealed, and while still worn in the operable position, the colostomy bag is internally irrigated and cleaned and surfaces of the stoma exposed within the inlet are simultaneously externally cleaned when the bottom end is opened and fluid delivered from the outside fluid source.

2. The colostomy bag system of claim 1 further comprising:

a hose having a first end and a second end;

the access tube being attached to the first end; and

the second end adapted to be attached to the outside fluid source.

3. The colostomy bag system of claim 1, wherein the plurality of holes are adapted to direct fluid toward a center of the opening when in the operable position.

4. The colostomy bag system of claim 1, wherein the plurality of holes are adapted to direct fluid toward the exposed surfaces of the stoma of the wearer when in the operable position.