Device for disposing excrement

• US 6,443,939 B1
• Filed: 10/11/2000
• Issued: 09/03/2002
• Est. Priority Date: 10/18/1999
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Niles Parts Co., Ltd. (Valeo SE)
• Original Assignee: Niles Parts Co., Ltd. (Valeo SE)
• Inventors: Sakai, Hiroshi, Sato, Kimio, Oki, Nobuyoshi, Tamura, Syuei
• Primary Examiner(s): Weiss, John G.
• Assistant Examiner(s): STEPHENS, JACQUELINE F
• Application Number:
  US09/686,134
• Time in Patent Office: 692 Days
• Field of Search: 604/334, 604/355, 604/358, 604/393, 604/395, 604/399, 604/400, 604/402, 2 2/2, 2 2/3, 2 2/4, 444/3, 448/4, 447/6, 447/9
• US Class Current: 604/393
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 5/451 Genital or anal receptacles A61F5/441, A61F5/442, A61F5/443 take precedence ; other body securing means A61F5/4408; devices for taking faeces samples A61B10/0038; devices for taking urine samples A61B10/007

Abstract

A device for disposing excrement is provided which prevents irritation of the skin of a sick person or the like wearing a diaper cup. The device for disposing excrement has a diaper cup main body 2 enclosing a pelvic region of a human body, a discharge port 2d to discharge the excrement excreted in the diaper cup main body 2, an anus wash nozzle to eject liquid for washing away the excrement, sensors 13, 14 to detect the excrement excreted in the diaper cup main body 2, and a changeable diaper 3 removably provided on the diaper cup main body 2. A buffer member 25 is interposed between the diaper cup main body 2 and the changeable diaper 3.

Claims

1. A device for disposing excrement comprising:

a diaper cup main body for enclosing a pelvic region of a human body;

a discharge port for discharging excrement excreted in the diaper cup main body;

a sensor for detecting the excrement excreted in the diaper cup main body;

a changeable diaper removably provided on the diaper cup main body; and

a buffer member interposed between a pelvic region of a human body and said diaper cup main body, wherein said buffer member is inserted in a pocket provided on an inner side of said changeable diaper.

2. A device for disposing excrement as claimed in claim 1, wherein said diaper cup main body has a cavity formed in a surface thereof on a side to be fit on a pelvic region of a human body to put a human body in a non-contact state, and

said buffer member is laid in a peripheral material of said cavity of said diaper cup main body beneath a pelvic region of a human body.

3. A device for disposing excrement as claimed in claim 1, wherein said buffer member comprises a thick plate member.

4. A device for disposing excrement as claimed in claim 1, wherein said buffer member comprises a gel soft material.

5. A device for disposing excrement as claimed in claim 1, wherein said diaper cup main body has a waist-fit seat generally in a plate form provided continuous with an upper end thereof, and

said buffer member is provided on an upper portion of said waist-fit seat.

6. A device for disposing excrement as claimed in claim 1, wherein said buffer member projects at an upper end of said changeable diaper on a back side of a human body.

7. A device for disposing excrement as claimed in claim 1, wherein said diaper cup main body has a cavity formed in a surface thereof on a side to be fit on a pelvic region of a human body, and

said pocket of said changeable diaper into which said buffer member is inserted is formed by a waterproof cloth on a side of said cavity.

8. A device for disposing excrement as claimed in claim 7, wherein said pocket of said changeable diaper into which said buffer member is inserted has a waterproof sheet in a seam of said waterproof cloth.

9. A device for disposing excrement as claimed in claim 1, wherein said pocket of said changeable diaper into which said buffer member is inserted has a fastener strip and has a close cover to close an opening.

10. A device for disposing excrement comprising:

a diaper cup main body for enclosing a pelvic region of a human body;

a discharge port for discharging excrement excreted in the diaper cup main body;

a sensor for detecting the excrement excreted in the diaper cup main body;

a changeable diaper removably provided on the diaper cup main body, said changeable diaper having a pocket; and

a buffer member disposed within said pocket of said changeable diaper, said buffer member being adapted to be interposed between a pelvic region of a human body and said diaper cup main body, said buffer member comprising a plate formed of a soft gel material;

wherein said pocket is formed on a front side of said changeable diaper, and said changeable diaper further comprises another pocket formed on a backside thereof for accommodating a plate-like portion of a waist-fit seat.

11. The device for disposing excrement according to claim 10, wherein said changeable diaper has a cover for closing an open side of said pocket, and a fastening means for securing the cover in a closed position with said buffer member contained in said pocket.

12. The device for disposing excrement according to claim 10, wherein said buffer member has a generally rectangular shape with an arcuate cutout portion formed in one side for accommodating a similarly shaped portion of said diaper cup main body.