Device for supporting an ex-dwelling catheter

• US 7,803,144 B1
• Filed: 06/08/2009
• Issued: 09/28/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 06/08/2009
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Victor J. Vollrath
• Original Assignee: Victor J. Vollrath
• Inventors: Vollrath, Victor J.
• Primary Examiner(s): Zalukaeva; Tatyana
• Assistant Examiner(s): ANDERSON, CATHARINE L
• Application Number:
  US12/480,189
• Time in Patent Office: 477 Days
• Field of Search: 604346-353, 2 7/82, 240/5
• US Class Current: 604/349
• 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

A device for managing urinary incontinence in adult males includes an undergarment with a waistband and a front piece with a circular opening in it, a tubular support with a pair of spaced-apart flanges defining a groove that fits in the circular opening, and a condom catheter positioned in the tubular support by having the open end of the catheter fit around one end of the tubular support member, and by having the sheath portion of the condom catheter extend through and be supported by the tubular support.

Claims

1. A device for managing urinary incontinence in adult males, comprising:

a) an undergarment having a waistband and a front piece, with a substantially circular opening in said front piece, wherein said substantially circular opening is sized to removably receive a tubular support member;

b) a tubular support member removably received in said substantially circular opening, wherein said tubular support member has a first end and a second end and an inner surface and an outer surface, wherein said first end includes a pair of spaced-apart flanges defining a undergarment-receiving groove sized to be received in said substantially circular opening and effective for removably retaining the tubular support member therein, and wherein said second end extends inward from said undergarment and includes a catheter-receiving groove in its outer surface to receive the rolled, open end of a condom catheter; and

c) a condom catheter partially disposed in and supported by said tubular support member, wherein said condom catheter has a sheath portion terminating in a rolled, open end and a reservoir portion, wherein said condom catheter extends completely through and is supported by the tubular support member, and wherein the rolled end of the condom catheter is received in the catheter-receiving groove of the tubular support member.

2. The device of claim 1 wherein said tubular support member comprises a support tube removably connected to a support ring.

3. A device according to claim 1 wherein said substantially rigid tubular support member has a length of between about 1.5 inches and about 2.0 inches.

4. A device according to claim 1 wherein said device further includes a rubber band overlaying and securing the rolled end of said condom catheter in said catheter-receiving groove.