Classifications

• • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
  • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
  • A61F—FILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS; PROSTHESES; DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF, TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, e.g. STENTS; ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES; FOMENTATION; TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS; BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS; FIRST-AID KITS
  • A61F5/00—Orthopaedic methods or devices for non-surgical treatment of bones or joints; Nursing devices; Anti-rape devices
  • A61F5/44—Devices worn by the patient for reception of urine, faeces, catamenial or other discharge; Portable urination aids; Colostomy devices
  • A61F5/451—Genital or anal receptacles
  • A61F5/455—Genital or anal receptacles for collecting urine or discharge from female member

Definitions

• TECHNICAL FIELD This invention relates to devices for use in channeling urine from the urethral orifice of incontinent human females to urine collection containers.
• a female urine collection device has been devised to reduce the discomfort associated with its use so that is might be usable on a long term basis.
• This device is smaller than the other devices and is designed so as not to cover the vagina. It has saddle-like contours with a hump to provide a double seal with body tissues.
• the urethral meatus is bulged into the device and a portion of the device set to protrude out of the folds of the labia majora.
• substantial pressure must remain exerted upon the vulva.
• a harness must be warn about the abdomen to create sufficient pressure to hold the device in its position covering the urethral orifice without shifting and creating leakage.
• a urinary channeling device for in vivo use by incontinent human females who have a body cavity of natural anatomical size and shape, known as the vestibule, which is located between the urethral meatus that surrounds the urethral orifice and labia majora.
• the device has a body of a size and shape which generally matches that of the vestibule. This configuration enables it to reside securely and generally leak-free within the body cavity without exerting , substantial pressure upon the tissues that bound the cavity.
• the device body is formed with a hole through which urine may pass to a collection device.
• a urinary channeling device for in vivo use by incontinent human females.
• the device comprises a body having a generally flat or slightly convex front wall that has a generally oval periphery from which side walls convergently extend about a body cavity to a rear rim about the cavity.
• the body has a hole therein that extends from the front wall to the cavity.
• Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a preferred form of a urinary channeling device embodying principles of the invention in a preferred form.
• Fig. 2 is a side view, in cross section, of the device illustrated in Fig. 1.
• Fig. 3 is an internal side anatomical drawing of a portion of a human female which shows the device of Fig. 1 mounted in place for use.
• Fig. 4 is an external front anatomical drawing of the female crotch with a tube shown protruding out of the body from the device.
• Fig. 5 is an anatomical drawing of the human female vulva or perineum with the labia majora folds shown spread apart to reveal underlying body organs and tissues.
• Fig. 6 is an enlarged view showing how the device is held in place by surrounding body tissues.
• Fig. 5 shows the human female vulva with its covering lips or folds, known as the labia majora, shown spread apart to reveal underlying organs and tissue.
• the labia minora is seen to surround a sub-cavity known as the vestibule.
• the bottom of the vestibule is formed by the urethral meatus which surrounds the urethral orifice.
• the vagina is also located within the bounds of the labia minora but below the vestibule.
• the side walls of the vestibule are deemed to extend to the labia majora in defining its shape and size, although there is an unwalled area immediately beneath the labia majora since the vestibule is a sub-cavity.
• a very small portion of the labia minora may be present here as a wall fragment that substantially coextends from the lips of the natural vestibule.
• a urinary channeling device 10 is seen to have a body 11 of a size and shape that generally matches that of the vestibule, as it has been just defined.
• the body is of a two-piece construction having a relatively hard core 13 jacketed by a relatively soft outer shell 14.
• the core is of a relatively hard plastic.
• the core is dipped in molten latex which, after setting, forms a relatively soft outer shell.
• the body 11 has a front wall 16 whose outer surface is generally flat, though slightly convex to rest smoothly on the labia majora, and whose periphery 16' is generally ovally shaped.
• Continuous side walls 17 extend rearwardly from the front wall about a cavity 18 to a rear rim 19 of the cavity.
• the side walls do converge slightly as they extend towards the rim to match the size and shape of the vestibule side walls.
• the front wall 16 is formed with a hole which extends to the body cavity 18.
• a short, fairly rigid plastic tube 20 is press fitted tightly into this hole.
• the folds of the labia majora are spread and the area cleansed.
• the channeling device is then placed in the vestibule with its more pointed end located upwardmost adjacent the clitoris and with the open body cavity 18 and rim 19 facing the urethral orifice.
• An unshown, long, flexible drain tube may then be telescopically mounted to the end of the rigid tube 20.
• the drain tube terminates in a conventional urine collection bag.
• the drain tube terminates in a flexible collection bag that is strapped onto a leg.
• Urine channeling devices of the type just described have been found to work well on both ambulatory and bed ridden females without discomfort, shifting or significant leakage.
• the device is held snuggly in place by the side walls of the vestibule and possibly also by very small portions of the labia minora, by the urethral meatus, and by the labia majora.
• the body preferably has an overall outside length of 35 mm and a maximum outside width of 21 mm.
• the inside of the rim 19 preferably measures 21 by 12 mm maximum.
• the I.D. of the rim preferably measures 7.5 mm maximum by 12 mm long.
• the I.D. of the cavity is preferably 11 mm maximum wide by 13 mm long.
• a peri-pad formed with a hole and belt may also be worn with the tube 20 projecting through a hole formed in the pad. This is usually not necessary except in cases where the user is quite old.
• the presence of its cavity 18 has been found to reduce the chance of the device from being dislodged upon the impact of a stream of urine since the force of such is dispersed.

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