JP2013099502A - Male urine collector - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a male urine collector capable of being comfortably used for incontinent urine leakage with which a person having had an operation for the urinary organs or eldery person has trouble.SOLUTION: The male urine collector comprises a utine collecting bag 14 sized to be worn on a lower part of a male user, and the bag comprises a bent portion 14-1a bent radially outward at a proximal end 14-1, a securing ring 16 to which a bent portion is attached to open a penis receiving opening, and a distal end 14-3 having a urine discharge opening 22 configured to be closed to collect urine in the utine collecting bag and to be opened to discharge the collected urine.

Description

  The present invention relates to a urine collection device for men, and more particularly to a urine collection device for dripping urine leakage that affects people who have undergone urological surgery or the elderly.

  Diapers are commonly used as a urine treatment tool for urine leakage, but there are various problems such as poor feeling of use, rash of the use site, complexity of replacement processing, high cost, and various urine collection tools have been developed to replace them. It is coming.

  Men's urine collecting devices include a man's penis covered with a condom-shaped rubber bag, a hose connected to the tip of the man's penis, and urine collected in a urine bottle prepared at the tip of the hose (eg, Patent Document 1 Thru 3). These are what the user uses on the bed. In addition, a urine collection device has been developed in which a urine collection bag attached to the penis is attached to a thigh or the like so that it can be used even when going out (for example, Patent Document 4). Furthermore, various devices have been made to attach the urine collecting tool to the penis (for example, Patent Documents 5 and 6).

  The present applicant has filed a patent application relating to an invention relating to a urine collection device that is easier to attach and detach than these conventional urine collection devices, can be safely and securely mounted, and can be used even when going out. (Patent Document 7).

  The urine collection devices disclosed in Patent Document 4 and Patent Document 7 enable a normal daily life in that the user can go out of bed and perform urination processing even when away from home. However, when a certain amount or more of urine is collected in the urine collection bag, the urine collection bag is removed from the body and the urine is discharged in a toilet or the like, or the urine collection bag or a new urine collection bag This is very troublesome for the user.

  In view of these points, the inventor of the present application has developed a urine collecting device that enables urine to be discharged in a manner almost the same as a normal person urinates urine stored in a urine collection bag. A patent application was filed on October 12, 2011 (Japanese Patent Application No. 2011-224549).

JP-A-10-192347 Japanese Utility Model Publication No.59-46519 Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 60-109617 Registered Utility Model No. 3025019 British patent 2191095A JP-A-10-314204 WO2011 / 024864A1

  The present invention relates to an improvement of the above-mentioned patent application (Japanese Patent Application No. 2011-224549), and an object thereof is to provide a male urine collection device including a urine collection bag that is easy to wear and excellent in usability. It is said.

That is, the present invention
A male urine collection device that is sized to be worn on the lower body of a male user who moves away from the bed, and includes a urine collection bag for storing urine to be urinated, the urine collection bag comprising:
A proximal portion having a penis receiving opening for passing a male user's penis through the urine collection bag;
A mounting ring attached to the base end portion, wherein the base end portion of the urine collection bag has a peripheral portion bent outward in the radial direction, and the peripheral portion is fixed to the mounting ring, A mounting ring adapted to keep the penis receiving opening open;
A tip portion having a urine discharge opening which is closed to collect urine discharged in the urine collection bag and is openable to discharge the collected urine;
A male urine collecting device is provided.

  Urine collection bags are usually folded and made small before use. For this reason, the penis receiving opening for receiving the penis of the urine collecting bag made of a thin sheet of thin plastic or the like is closed, and the penis receiving opening must be opened when the urine collecting bag is attached. This is troublesome and cumbersome. In the male urine collection bag according to the present invention, by attaching the mounting ring, the penis receiving opening is always opened, so that the mounting to the penis becomes extremely easy. Further, the male urine collection bag according to the present invention is sized to be worn on the lower half of a male user who lives daily, and has a urine discharge opening at the tip, so that it can be used in a toilet or the like as needed. Thus, the accumulated urine can be discharged, and even a person with dysuria can perform daily life without any problems.

  The urine collection bag is further provided with an inner sleeve made of cloth or paper provided inside the proximal end portion of the urine collection bag and arranged around the penis received in the urine collection bag. Can be further included.

  If you urinate while wearing a urine collection bag, the urine stored in the urine collection bag generates vapor, which causes condensation on the inner wall of the urine collection bag, which makes the penis wet and uncomfortable to use. Not only can it cause skin irritation. In the urine collecting bag according to the present invention, such a problem is solved by providing a cloth or paper inner sleeve inside the base end portion.

  Preferably, the inner sleeve has water repellency so as to reduce water adhesion to the penis.

  Specifically, at least the inner peripheral surface of the inner sleeve has water repellency. More specifically, at least the inner peripheral surface of the inner sleeve has a polypropylene layer so as to have water repellency.

  The mounting ring has a flat proximal ring member and a distal ring member, and the peripheral portion of the proximal end portion of the urine collection bag is aligned with the proximal ring member and the distal end aligned in the longitudinal axis direction of the urine collection bag It can be sandwiched between the side ring members.

  The tip edge of the inner sleeve away from the mounting ring may be uneven along its circumferential direction. By doing in this way, the water droplet which arises on the surface of an inner sleeve becomes easy to flow toward the front end side of a urine collection bag.

  The inner sleeve has a plurality of extending portions provided along the circumferential direction at the tip edge apart from the mounting ring, and the extending portions are bent radially outward of the inner sleeve to form the mounting ring. It can be fixed. This is to facilitate the fixing to the mounting ring.

  It is preferable that the urine collection bag has a measurement scale provided at intervals in the length direction thereof. This is because the amount of urination is easily measured.

In the urine collecting device described above, it is preferable that the urine discharge opening has a smaller cross section than the penis receiving opening. This is to facilitate urine discharge from the urine discharge opening.
Embodiments of a male urine collecting device according to the present invention will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

The state which mounted | wore the penis the urine collection bag which comprises the male urine collection device which concerns on this invention is shown. It is a partially cutaway perspective view showing a urine collection bag of a male urine collection device according to the present invention. It is a front view of the underwear for men's urine collection tool concerning the present invention, and the bag holding member for holding the urine collection bag attached to the front side of the underwear is shown with the dashed-dotted line. It is a cross-sectional side view of the bag holding member of FIG. It is a reverse view of the bag holding member. It is a front view of the bag holding member. FIG. 4 is a view similar to FIG. 3, but showing a male urine collecting device according to another embodiment. It is a longitudinal cross-sectional view which shows other embodiment of the urine collection bag which concerns on this invention. It is a perspective view which shows a part which shows other embodiment of the inner sleeve shown in FIG. 8 with an imaginary line. FIG. 10 is a cross-sectional view of the inner sleeve of FIG. 9. It is a longitudinal cross-sectional view of the urine collection bag which concerns on another embodiment of this invention. It is a longitudinal cross-sectional view of the raw material of the urine collection bag of FIG.

  A male urine collection device (hereinafter simply referred to as a urine collection device) 10 according to the embodiment of the present invention shown in FIG. 1 has an elongated urine collection bag having a penis receiving opening 12 for receiving a user's penis P at the proximal end portion. 14, a ring-shaped seal member 18 mounted on the outer peripheral surface of the urine collection bag 14 around the penis P, and a fixing ring 20. The fixing ring 20 can be made of plastic or the like, and has a cylindrical cylindrical portion 20-1, a front end annular portion 20-2 extending radially inward from the front edge of the cylindrical portion 20-1, and the cylindrical portion. The rear end annular portion 20-3 extends radially outward from the rear edge of 20-1. The sealing member 18 is preferably made of a sponge material and has a radial thickness, and is a split ring with a cut in one circumferential direction, and around the user's penis P, urine collection It is wound on the outer peripheral surface of the bag 14 and pushed into the cylindrical portion 20-1 of the fixing ring 20, thereby applying an appropriate pressure around the penis P. A mounting ring 16 is fixed to the periphery of the penis receiving opening 12 of the urine collection bag 14 so as to keep the penis receiving opening 12 open. The mounting ring 16 is set so as to abut on the user-side end surface 18-1 of the seal member 18, and the urine collection bag 14 passes through the inside of the seal member 18 to the front end annular portion 20-2 of the fixing ring 20. It extends to the outside through a bag insertion opening 20-4 provided at the center. The urine collection bag 14 can be made of polyethylene such as an umbrella bag distributed at the entrance of the store during rain and inexpensive.

  In the present invention, the mounting ring 16 is a flat ring made of plastic or cardboard as shown in FIG. 2, and the edge of the base end portion 14-1 where the penis receiving opening 12 of the urine collection bag 14 is present. The bent portion 14-1a and the mounting ring 16 are fixed by heat welding in a state where the portion is bent outward and the bent portion 14-1a is wrapped around the mounting ring 16, and the penis receiving opening 12 is formed. It is always kept open. Further, as shown in FIG. 2, the urine collection bag 14 has a urine discharge opening 22 at the tip thereof. When the urine collection bag 14 is used, for example, the tip portion 14-3 of the urine collection bag 14 is folded and overlapped. The urine collected in the urine collection bag 14 is prevented from leaking from the urine discharge opening 22 by sandwiching the overlapped tip portion 14-3 from the outside with a clip 26 as a closing member. . The illustrated clip 26 includes a pair of arms 26-2 and 26-3 pivotally attached at one end pivoting portion 26-1, and the folded end portion 14-3 of the urine collecting bag 14 is seen from both sides by the arms. The arms 26-2 and 26-3 in the clamped state are connected and fixed by a lock portion 26-4 provided at the other end of the arm. As shown in FIG. 2, the urine collection bag 14 is provided with a scale 14-4 for measuring the amount of urine collected in the urine collection bag.

  The illustrated urine collecting device 10 has an undergarment 30 in the form of a pant to be worn on the user's lower body as a means for holding the urine collecting bag 14 at the site of the user's penis P (FIGS. 1 and 3). ). The undergarment 30 has a circular insertion opening 30-1 for passing the urine collection bag 14 that has received the penis P forward, at a position corresponding to the site of the penis P on the front side. In the illustrated embodiment, the cylindrical portion 20-1 is passed through the insertion opening 30-1 in a state where the rear end annular portion 20-3 of the fixing ring 20 is in contact with the inner side surface of the undergarment. The urine bag is passed from the inside of the underwear forward. The circular shape of the insertion opening 30-1 is deformed so that the peripheral edge portion defining the insertion opening 30-1 can securely hold the rear end annular portion 20-3 of the fixing ring 20 inside the underwear. In this embodiment, rigidity is given to the peripheral edge portion by sewing the sewing thread closely along the peripheral edge portion in a buttonhole stitch manner.

  A bag holding member 32 that holds the urine collection bag 14 passed through the bag insertion opening 20-4 of the fixing ring and supports the weight of urine stored in the urine collection bag 14 is attached to the front surface of the underwear 30. Yes. In the illustrated example, the bag holding member 32 is a long and narrow bag made of cloth, and is removably attached by a hook 34 so as to extend in the vertical direction. As shown in FIGS. 4 to 6, the bag holding member 32 is made by overlapping cloths and sewing them together in a rectangular shape, and a pair of male hooks adjacent to the upper edge 32-1. 34-1 is attached and protrudes from the back side. Correspondingly, a pair of female hooks 34-2 are attached to the underwear 30 on the upper side of the periphery of the insertion opening 30-1, and the male hooks 34-1 are fitted into the female hooks 34-2. By matching, the urine collection bag 14 is attached to the undergarment 30. In the illustrated embodiment, one female hook 34-2 is also provided at the lower center around the insertion opening 30-1 of the undergarment 30, and the male hook 34-2 corresponding to the back surface 32-2 of the bag holding member 32 is also provided. A mold hook 34-1 is provided so that the bag holding member 32 can be more securely attached to the undergarment. By making the bag holding member 32 made of cloth, the thin urine collection bag made of polyethylene or the like alone can block the warm feeling of urine that is stored there and easily transmitted to the user's skin.

  The bag-shaped bag holding member 32 has a fixing ring in which a slit 32-4 extending along the length direction of the front surface portion 32-3 is passed through an opening 30-1 for insertion of the underwear 30 in the back surface portion 32-2. It has a fixing ring opening 32-4 for receiving 20 cylindrical portions 20-1. The urine collection bag 14 passed through the bag insertion opening 20-4 of the fixing ring 20 is stored in the bag holding member 32. A wire fastener 36 known as a zipper is attached to the slit 32-4, and the slit 32-4 can be opened and closed by moving the wire fastener slide 36-1 up and down. The urine collection bag can be taken in and out through 32-4. The slit 32-4 extends upward from near the lower end of the bag holding member 32, and moves the linear fastener slide 36-1 upward from the bottom so that the slit 32-4 can be opened. In order to discharge the urine stored in the urine bag 14, the linear fastener slide 36-1 is moved slightly upward from the lower end of the linear fastener 36 to open only the lower end of the slit. In addition, only the front end portion 14-3 of the urine collection bag can be taken out from the bag holding member 32 and the stored urine can be discharged. As another example of the bag holding member 32, the slit 32-4 can be provided without a line fastener only near the lower end of the bag holding member 32, and the front end portion 14-3 of the urine collection bag is always held in the bag. It can also be arranged outside the member. It is excellent in that urine discharge processing can be performed quickly. When the entire urine collection bag is taken out from the bag holding member 32 when the urine is discharged, the linear fastener slide can be moved from top to bottom to open the slit.

  In use, the undergarment 30 to which the urine collection bag 14 is attached by the fixing ring 20 and the seal member 18 as shown in FIG. 1 is almost the lower abdomen from the lower part of the user's leg as when the user wears normal pants. 1 and the penis P is inserted into the penis receiving opening 12 in the proximal end portion of the urine collection bag 14, and the underwear is set to a normal use position as shown in FIG. In some cases, the fixing ring 20 and the seal member are removed from the urine collection bag, the proximal end portion of the urine collection bag 14 is pulled out to the inside of the underwear 30, and the penis is inserted into the penis receiving opening 12 at the proximal end portion. After the insertion, the seal member 18 is attached from the outside of the urine collection bag around the penis so as to wrap the penis P, and the tubular portion 20-1 of the fixing ring 20 is fitted around the seal member, and then the tube The state portion 20-1 is inserted into the underwear insertion opening 30-1 to the state shown in FIG. In this case, the distal end portion 14-3 of the urine collection bag 14 is folded as shown in FIG. 2 and clamped by the clip 26.

  By mounting the urine collection bag 14 in this way, urine leaking from the user's penis accumulates in the urine collection bag 14 in the bag holding member 32. When the user feels that urine must be discharged from the urine collection bag, the user enters the toilet or the like and lowers the wire fastener slide 16-1 to open the slit 32-4, and the urine collection bag 14 is removed from the bag holding member 32. Then, the clip 36 at the tip is removed, and urine is discharged. Therefore, this urine draining process can be performed with almost the same operation as when a healthy person adds small usage.

  In the above-described embodiment, the pants 30 are shown as the underwear. What was shown as the urine collector mounting member 40 shown in the above-mentioned WO2011 / 024864A1 (Patent Document 7) can also be a kind of T-shaped band.

  The underpants 30 as the underwear described above may be the same as those in the above embodiment as long as a small amount of urine is collected in the urine collection bag, as long as the urine is discharged in a toilet or the like. When it is assumed that urine is collected in a urine collection bag, it is preferable to provide a separate means for supporting the weight of urine. In FIG. 7, a corset-shaped wide belt 40 is wound around the waist portion of the pants 30. The belt 40 is preferably removable to the waist part of the pants 30 with a hook or the like (not shown), and both end parts 40-1 and 40-2 which are turned to the front side through the left and right sides from the rear side of the waist part are magically attached. It is fixed with a hook-and-loop fastener known as a tape (registered trademark). Further, the pants themselves can be reinforced. For example, as shown by a one-dot chain line in FIG. 7, a reinforcing cloth 30-2 extending from the waist portion of the pants to surround the peripheral portion of the insertion opening 30-1 is formed on the pants. It can also be sewn.

  FIG. 8 shows a urine collection bag 14 according to another embodiment of the present invention. The distal end portion 14-3 of the urine collection bag 14 is elongated. The urine collection bag 14 as a whole has a length of approximately 30 cm and a diameter of approximately 3 to 4 cm, whereas the elongated tip portion 14-3 has a length of approximately 5 cm and a diameter of, for example. Is about 2 cm. By doing so, the stored urine can be thinned and discharged stably, and can be discharged without polluting the surroundings. This urine collection bag 14 is formed using two layers of synthetic resin sheets, such as polyethylene, using ultrasonic welding or heat-depositing technology. A seal 23 that closes 22 may be formed. In this case, in use, the tip portion 14-3 is cut with scissors or the like to open the urine discharge opening 22.

  The urine collection bag 14 includes an inner sleeve 42 made of a highly absorbent sheet material such as cloth or Japanese paper inside the base end portion 14-1. The inner sleeve 42 is sized so as to cover the periphery of the penis when the penis P is inserted into the penis receiving opening 12 of the proximal end portion 14-1. It is preferable to cover the penis root side rather than the glans part of the penis P. The proximal end edge of the urine collection bag 14 and the inner sleeve 42 is bent in an annular shape radially outward, and the penis receiving opening and its bent portions 14-1a and 42-1 form the mounting ring 16. It is fixed by being sandwiched between the member 16-1 and the front end side ring member 16-2, and preferably fixed using an adhesive or the like. The proximal ring member 16-1 and the distal ring member 16-2 are preferably made of thick paper having a certain degree of rigidity in order to maintain the circular shape of the penis receiving opening 12, and are waterproofed.

  9 and 10 show another embodiment of the inner sleeve 42 attached to the inside of the urine collection bag 14 shown in FIG. That is, the inner sleeve 42 is formed with a thin layer 44 of polypropylene on the inner side, and the inner side surface 42-2 of the inner sleeve 42 has water repellency. By doing in this way, it is possible to prevent the penis from getting wet due to dew condensation generated on the inner surface of the proximal end portion 14-1 of the urine collection bag 14 by the urine vapor stored in the urine collection bag 14. In this embodiment, the water-absorbing inner sleeve 42, such as cloth or Japanese paper, absorbs condensation that forms on the inner surface of the proximal end portion 14-1 of the urine collection bag 14, while the inner surface of the inner sleeve 42 has water repellency. Therefore, moisture on the surface of the penis is absorbed, and the penis is not rashed and can be used comfortably. In the illustrated example, a thin layer of polypropylene is formed only on the inner side surface 42-2 of the inner sleeve 42, but it may also be formed on the outer side surface so that the outer side surface also has water repellency.

  In this embodiment, a plurality of cuts 42-1a extending in the radial direction are provided in the bent portion 42-1 of the inner sleeve 42 at intervals in the circumferential direction of the bent portion 42-1, and a radius is provided between the cuts 42-1a. An extension portion 42-1b extending in the direction is formed, and the edge portion of the inner sleeve 42 is easily bent outward in the radial direction.

  Further, as shown in FIGS. 9 and 10, the inner sleeve 42 has a tip edge 42-3 having corrugated irregularities. This makes it easy for water adhering to the inner sleeve 42 to fall into the urine collection bag. The unevenness is not limited to the corrugated shape, and can be a sawtooth shape.

  FIG. 11 shows a urine collection bag 14 according to still another embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 12 shows a urine collection bag material 14A before the urine collection bag 14 is formed into the shape of FIG. Yes. The material 14A has basically the same shape as that shown in FIG. 8 at the portion below the folding line indicated by 14j, but above this, it functions as a check valve described below. An extension portion 14B is formed. That is, the extended portion 14B includes a tapered portion 14h and a subsequent small diameter portion 14i at the upper tip portion. The extended portion 14B is folded inwardly from the folding line 14j as shown by a one-dot chain line in FIG. 12, and the upper end edge is folded back in the radial direction in the same manner as in FIG. An inner sleeve 42 made of a highly flexible sheet material is provided, and the mounting rings 16-1 and 16-2 are attached. The urine collection bag 14 thus produced is attached to the penis P as shown in FIG. 11, and the extended portion 14A turned back is used as a check valve 14k. That is, the check valve 14k allows the urine from the penis to flow into the main body 14C of the storage bag 14 through the small diameter portion 14i, while the urine stored in the main body 14C passes through the small diameter portion 14i. When trying to backflow around, the small-diameter portion 14i is closed by the pressure of the hit urine and acts to prevent the backflow. The length of the extended portion 14B is preferably about 15 cm, the length of the small diameter portion 14i is preferably about 5 cm, and the diameter is preferably about 1 to 1.5 cm. Moreover, the shape of the extension part can also be made into the same shape as the front-end | tip part 14-3 of a urine collection bag.

  As mentioned above, although embodiment of the male urine collecting device which concerns on this invention was described, this invention is not limited to this, A various deformation | transformation is possible. In this specification, the underwear refers to what is worn under the trousers to hold the urine collection bag on the body, and can be in the form of a bag or T-shaped band as described above. Further, the bag holding member 32 does not have to be in a bag shape, and may be in a pocket shape provided on the front portion of the underwear 30. The urine collection bag does not need to be held entirely by the bag holding member 32, but is held by a bag holding member that is formed into a bag shape or pocket shape so as to support the weight of urine stored in the urine collection bag. As described above, the distal end portion of the bag is not held by the bag holding member, that is, a state in which the tip extends from the bag holding member to the outside so that the urine discharge processing can be performed simply by removing the clip. You can also.

Male urine collection tool 10: penis receiving opening 12: urine collection bag 14: proximal end portion 14-1: distal end portion 14-3: weighing scale 14-4: extension portion 14A; extension portion 14B; urine collection bag body 14C; Tapered portion 14h; small-diameter portion 14i; check valve 14k; mounting ring 16: seal member 18: user-side end surface 18-1: fixing ring 20: cylindrical portion 20-1: front end annular portion 20-2: rear end Annular portion 20-3: Bag insertion opening 20-4: Urine discharge opening 22: Clip 26: Pivoting part 26-1: Arm 26-2, 26-3: Locking part 26-4: Underwear 30: Insertion opening 30 -1: bag holding member 32: upper edge 32-1, slit 32-2, surface portion 32-3, hook 34: male hook 34-1: female hook 34-2: wire fastener 36: wire fastener slide 36 -1: belt 40: both end portions 40-1, 0-2: Inner sleeve 42: Inner sleeve bent portion 42-1: Notch 42-1a: Extension portion 42-1b: Tip edge 42-3: Inner side surface 42-2: Inner sleeve tip edge 42- 3: Penis P

Claims (9)

A male urine collection device that is sized to be worn on the lower body of a male user who is active away from the bed, and has a urine collection bag for storing urine to be urinated, the urine collection bag comprising:
A proximal portion having a penis receiving opening for passing a male user's penis through the urine collection bag;
A mounting ring attached to the base end portion, the ring having a bent portion bent outward in the radial direction of the base end portion of the urine collection bag, and the bent portion being fixed to the mounting ring A mounting ring adapted to keep the penis receiving opening open;
A tip portion having a urine discharge opening which is closed to collect urine discharged in the urine collection bag and is openable to discharge the collected urine;
A male urine collecting device.   The cloth or paper inner sleeve according to claim 1, further comprising a cloth or paper inner sleeve provided inside the proximal end portion of the urine collection bag and arranged around a penis received in the urine collection bag. Urine collection tool for men.   The male urine collecting device according to claim 2, wherein the inner sleeve has water repellency.   The male urine collecting device according to claim 3, wherein an inner peripheral surface of the inner sleeve has water repellency.   The male urine collecting device according to claim 4, wherein the inner peripheral surface of the inner sleeve includes a polypropylene layer and has water repellency. The mounting ring has a flat proximal end ring member and a distal end ring member;
The peripheral portion of the proximal end portion of the urine collection bag is sandwiched between the proximal ring member and the distal ring member aligned in the longitudinal axis direction of the urine collection bag. The male urine collecting device according to any one of 5.   6. The inner sleeve has a proximal edge fixed to the mounting ring and a distal edge separated from the mounting ring, and the distal edge is uneven along a circumferential direction thereof. A male urine collecting device according to any one of the above.   The inner sleeve has a base end edge fixed to the mounting ring and a front end edge separated from the mounting ring, and the base end edge has a plurality of extending portions provided along the circumferential direction. The male urine collecting device according to any one of claims 2 to 5, wherein the extending portion is bent outward in the radial direction of the sleeve and fixed to the mounting ring.   The male urine collecting device according to claim 1, wherein the urine discharge opening of the urine collection bag has a smaller cross section than the mounting opening.

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