JP4996355B2 - Urine collection bag - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a urine collection bag suitable for being worn by an incontinence patient or the like.

BACKGROUND ART A urine collection bag that is worn by an incontinence patient or the like and has a bag-like portion through which urine can flow is known. For example, a male urine removing pad disclosed in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 11-290365 (Patent Document 1) has a bag shape and has a means for tightening a penis to prevent the penis from falling off. . When this pad is used together with a diaper, the pad has an adhesive portion on the outer surface of the pad that acts as a stopper against the inner surface of the diaper. Moreover, the absorbent article for men disclosed by Unexamined-Japanese-Patent No. 2003-111788 (patent document 2) has a pants-type wearing component and a bag component for inserting a penis. The wearing part has an opening for projecting the penis from the inside to the outside. After covering the penis protruding from the opening, the bag part is detachably fixed to the wearing part in the peripheral area of the opening.
JP-A-11-290365 JP 2003-111788 A

  The pad disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 11-290365 is not stable in wearing state unless it is used with a fastening means for the penis. Accordingly, since the wearing state also changes due to the change in the state of the penis after the pad is worn, there may be a case where the pad that was supposed to be in a stable wearing state falls off the penis. Combining a pad with a diaper may stabilize the pad's wearing condition, but wearing a diaper is essential for this, and if you are a bedridden man, There is a problem that it takes time and effort. Putting a diaper on the back of a bedridden man is particularly troublesome.

  In addition, since the absorbent article for men disclosed in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2003-111788 requires the use of a pants-type wearing article, in the case of a bedridden man, it takes time to wear the wearing article. There is a problem that it takes. In addition, after wearing the worn article, it takes time and effort to put the hand inside the worn article and cause the penis to protrude from the opening of the worn article.

  These related arts are also for men only and do not have a structure that can be used by both men and women.

  As described above, the conventional urine collection bag including the bag-like portion for inserting the penis has a problem that it takes time to wear the bag and a problem that it is difficult to stabilize the wearing state. Moreover, the urine collecting bag was not suitable for unisex use.

  In view of this, one of the problems of the present invention is to improve the conventional urine collection bag so that it can be easily worn. Another object is to improve the urine collection bag so that the stability of the wearing state is improved. Furthermore, another issue is to provide a unisex urine collection bag.

  In order to solve the above-described problems, the present invention is directed to a bag portion having a front-rear direction, a lateral direction, and a vertical direction that are orthogonal to each other and having an opening for allowing urine to flow upward. It is a urine collection bag.

In this urine collection bag, the present invention is characterized as follows. The bag portion includes a liquid-permeable inner surface sheet, a liquid-impermeable outer surface sheet, and a urine absorbing core material interposed between the two sheets. Rings that can surround the legs are formed on both sides in the lateral direction of the bag portion in close contact with the legs of the wearer of the urine collection bag, and the rings are circumferential in the ring It is formed by integrating both end portions of the strip portion extending to the bag portion. The bag part has a front part located in the front in the front-rear direction and a rear part located in the rear, and the front part and the rear part are respectively on both sides of the bag part and below the bag part. And forming the bottom of the bag portion below the opening, and each of the strip portions is one end of the both ends integrated with the top of the front portion, The other end of the two ends is integrated with the top of the rear portion.

  In one preferred embodiment of the present invention, the ring can be elastically extended in the circumferential direction.

  In another preferred embodiment of the present invention, at least one of the rings is formed to be openable and closable.

  In another preferred embodiment of the present invention, the dimension from the bottom to the top of the front part is larger than the dimension from the bottom to the top of the rear part.

  In still another preferred embodiment of the present invention, on the inner surface side of the front portion, a sheet piece that crosses the front portion extends above the front portion, and the sheet piece extends in the lateral direction. Elastically extensible and having an upper edge and a lower edge extending parallel to each other in the lateral direction and having both side edges extending parallel to each other in the vertical direction; and While the sheet piece is extended in the lateral direction, the upper edge portion and the both side edge portions are joined to the front portion, while the lower edge portion including the lower edge portion is interposed between the upper edge portion and the upper edge portion. The part is not joined to the front part.

  Since the urine collecting bag according to the present invention has rings that can surround the legs on both sides in the lateral direction of the bag part, the position of the bag part can be adjusted to the wearer by closely attaching the ring to the legs. Can be fixed. Therefore, not only can bedridden men and women easily wear urine collection bags, but men and women sitting in wheelchairs can wear urine collection bags without standing up from the wheelchair. It can also be made.

  In the urine collection bag in which the ring is elastically extendable, the ring can be brought into close contact with the periphery of the leg simply by inserting the leg into the ring.

  In the urine collecting bag in which at least one of the rings is formed to be openable and closable, it is not necessary to insert a leg into the ring when the urine collecting bag is worn.

  In the urine collecting bag in which the bag portion has a front portion and a rear portion, and these both portions are integrated on both sides and the lower side of the bag portion, the structure of the bag portion is simple, and the urine collecting bag Is easy to manufacture.

  In a urine collecting bag in which the dimension from the bottom of the bag part to the top of the front part is larger than the dimension from the bottom part to the top of the rear part, when the penis is inserted into the bag part, almost the entire front part of the penis by the front part At the same time, it is possible to fix the worn urine collection bag in a preferred position by bringing the top of the rear portion into contact with the base of the penis from below.

  In a urine collection bag in which one end of the strip portion forming the ring is integrated with the top of the front portion and the other end is integrated with the top of the rear portion, the ring is Since it becomes a thing which spreads in the direction, it becomes easy to hook the strip part which forms the ring on a wearer's hipbone.

  In the urine collection bag in which the elastically extensible sheet piece extends in the extended state on the inner surface side of the front portion, the urine collection bag is directed outward from the gap portion between the front portion and the urine collection bag wearer. The flowing urine can be stopped by the sheet piece.

  The details of the urine collecting bag according to the present invention will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

  1 and 2 are a view of the urine collection bag 1 in a worn state as viewed from the front of the wearer 5 and a view of the urine collection bag 1 as viewed from the rear of the wearer. Are indicated by double-headed arrows A, B and C. In the figure, as the wearer 5, a part of the male body is indicated by an imaginary line. The urine collecting bag 1 includes a bag portion 2 and a pair of annular portions 3 formed on both sides of the bag portion 2 in the lateral direction B. The bag part 2 has the front coating | coated part 6 which can cover the penis 4 (refer FIG. 3) from the front, and the back coating | coated part 7 which can cover the penis 4 from back. The front covering portion 6 and the rear covering portion 7 are continuous at the bottom portion 8 of the bag portion 2, and the edge portions 6 a and 7 a located on both sides of the bag portion 2 are overlapped in a palm shape and bonded together by adhesion or welding. ing. The front covering portion 6 and the rear covering portion 7 form a space 16 for housing the penis 4 and a top opening 17 for inserting the penis 4 into the space 16. When the wearer 5 is a woman, the front covering portion 6 can be referred to as the front portion, and the rear covering portion 7 can be referred to as the rear portion, and the top opening 17 formed by these both portions is the urethral opening. Urine can be caused to flow into the space 16 by wearing the urine collecting bag 1 so as to face each other.

  The annular portion 3 is formed by the strip portion 31 and edges 34 a and 34 b extending between the front and rear end portions 32 and 33 of the strip portion 31 in the edge 34 of the top opening 17. The strip portion 31 is formed of an elastic nonwoven fabric so as to be elastically stretchable in the direction around the annular portion 3, and the front end portion 32 is integrated with the top portion 12 of the front covering portion 6 by adhesion or welding. The rear end portion 33 is integrated with the top portion 13 of the rear covering portion 7 by bonding or welding. The edge portion 34 a of the edge portion 34 is a part of the edge portion included in the front covering portion 6, and the edge portion 34 b is a part of the edge portion included in the rear covering portion 7.

  3 is a cross-sectional view taken along line III-III in FIG. The III-III line is a line passing through the center line R-R (see FIGS. 1 and 4) of the urine collection bag 1, and the urine collection bag 1 is formed symmetrically with respect to the III-III line. The front covering portion 6 and the rear covering portion 7 of the bag portion 2 include a liquid-permeable inner surface sheet 36, a liquid-impervious outer surface sheet 37, and a urine-absorbing sheet interposed between the both sheets 36 and 37. Core material 38 is included.

  At the top portion 12 of the front covering portion 6, the inner surface sheet 36 and the outer surface sheet 37 extend from the edge portion of the core member 38 and overlap each other, and are joined to each other via a hot melt adhesive (not shown). A plurality of thread-like elastic members 39a extending in the width direction B are interposed between the inner surface sheet 36 and the outer surface sheet 37 at the top portion 12, and these elastic members 39a are extended in at least one of the inner surface sheet 36 and the outer surface sheet 37. It is joined.

  In the top portion 13 of the rear covering portion 7, a single belt-like elastic member 39 b extending in the width direction B is interposed between the inner surface sheet 36 and the outer surface sheet 37 that overlap from each other and are joined to each other. The elastic member 39b is joined to at least one of the inner sheet 36 and the outer sheet 37 in an expanded state.

A joining portion 41 between the front covering portion 6 and the rear covering portion 7 extends in the up-down direction C substantially at the center of the bag portion 2 in the front-rear direction A. Size L _F from the top 12 to the bottom 8 in the front cover portion 6 is larger than the dimension L _R from the top 13 in the rear cover portion 7 to the bottom 8, the front cover part 6 forward penis 4 shown in phantom Can be covered widely. Moreover, the back coating | coated part 7 is acting so that the urine collection bag 1 may be fixed to a preferable position, without being pulled up high easily by contacting the vicinity of the base of the penis 4 from below.

  The annular part 3 can insert the leg 42 (refer FIG. 1) of the wearer 5 in the through-hole 40 formed in the inner side. The edge part 34a and the edge part 34b forming a part of the annular part 3 are parts to which the elastic member can be attached in an extended state so as to be elastically extended in the circumferential direction of the annular part 3. In FIG. 4 to be described later, an example in which the belt-like elastic member 39b at the top 13 is extended to the edge 34b is shown.

  4 shows that the front covering portion 6 and the front end portion 32 of the strip portion 31 are removed from the urine collecting bag 1 of FIG. 1 and the front covering portion 6 and the rear covering portion 7 on both sides of the bag portion 2 are joined. Is a plan view of the urine collecting bag 1a obtained by removing the urine collecting bag 1a, and the front covering portion 6 and the rear covering portion 7 of the urine collecting bag 1a are extended in the front-rear direction A and the lateral direction B and are partially It is in a state of being broken. In the bag portion 2 of FIG. 4, the inner surface sheet 36 and the outer surface sheet 37 are joined to each other by bonding or welding at a portion extending from the peripheral edge of the core member 38 to form a flap portion 45. In the crotch portion 8 of the urine collecting bag 1a, a folding guide line QQ used when the urine collecting bag 1a is assembled to obtain the urine collecting bag 1 of FIG. 1 is indicated by a virtual line. The flap portion 45a of the front covering portion 6 and the flap portion 45b of the rear covering portion 7 that are overlapped when the urine collecting bag 1a is bent along the bending guide line QQ are joined to each other so as to be joined as shown in FIG. 41. A plurality of thread rubbers are used as the elastic member 39a at the top 12 of the front cover 6. One belt-like rubber is used as the elastic member 39b at the top portion 13 of the rear covering portion 7. The band portion 31 has a front end portion 32 bonded to the outer surface sheet 37 in the front covering portion 6 by bonding or welding, and a rear end portion 33 bonded to the outer surface sheet 37 in the rear covering portion 7 by bonding or welding. The Thus, if the urine collecting bag 1a of FIG. 4 is folded and a required part is joined, it will become the urine collecting bag 1 of FIG. 1, and manufacture of the urine collecting bag 1 is easy.

  In order for a man lying down to wear the urine collection bag 1 shown in FIGS. 1, 2 and 3, after inserting the legs 42 into the through holes 40 defined by the respective annular portions 3, The bag 1 is pulled up to the vicinity of the penis 4 and the annular portion 3 surrounding the leg is brought into close contact with the leg. In the present invention, the wearing state of the urine collecting bag 1 when the annular portion 3 surrounds the legs includes the wearing state when the band portion 31 in the annular portion 3 is hooked on the hip bone. . The urine collecting bag 1 to be worn in this way is different from the conventional pants-shaped bag and does not have a portion covering the buttock, so that it can be easily worn even when the man is in a supine posture. Moreover, when removing the urine collecting bag 1 in a worn state, the urine collecting bag 1 may be pulled down to the foot, but the strip portion 31 is cut into two parts with scissors or the like so that the annular portion 3 is opened. Also good. The procedure for causing a woman to wear the urine collection bag 1 is substantially the same as the procedure for causing a man to wear it. However, in the case of a woman, when the urine collecting bag 1 is pulled up, it is preferable that the top portion 12 of the front covering portion 6 is brought into contact with the lower abdomen and the top portion 13 of the rear covering portion 7 is brought into contact with the vicinity of the groin portion. Since the urine collection bag 1 is such that the annular portion 3 is brought into close contact with the circumference of the leg of the wearer 5 and, if necessary, the band piece portion 31 is hooked on the hipbone and worn, it is marketed as a unisex one. Can be supplied. Since the urine collection bag 1 also covers the urethral opening (not shown) of the wearer 5, if the diaper is worn over the worn urine collection bag 1, The stool does not contaminate the urethral opening.

  In the urine collection bag 1, a liquid-permeable nonwoven fabric, a liquid-permeable woven fabric, a plastic film having a plurality of liquid-permeable holes, or the like can be used for the inner surface sheet 36. For the outer sheet 37, a liquid-impervious plastic film, a liquid-impervious nonwoven fabric, a liquid-impervious woven fabric, or the like can be used. As the core material 38, pulverized pulp, highly water-absorbing polymer particles, a mixture of these pulp and polymer particles, or the like can be used. The core material 38 formed of these materials is preferably covered with a sheet piece having excellent liquid diffusibility and liquid permeability such as tissue paper in order to maintain its shape. The strip portion 31 can be formed of an elastic sheet material such as an elastically stretchable non-woven fabric or a plastic film. In addition, an elastic member such as a thread rubber can be used for a non-elastic non-woven fabric. It can also be formed by attaching in an extended state.

  FIG. 5 is a view similar to FIG. 1 illustrating one embodiment of the present invention. In the urine collecting bag 1 of FIG. 5, the front end portion 32 of the strip portion 31 is made detachable from the outer sheet 37 of the front covering portion 6 in the bag portion 2. In the figure, the front end portion 32 removed from the outer sheet 37 is indicated by phantom lines, and an inner surface of the front end portion 32 is a mechanical fastener known as a brand name magic tape as an example of a mounting means for the outer sheet 37. A hook member 61 is attached. The outer sheet 37 in FIG. 5 is formed of a composite sheet obtained by laminating a liquid-impervious plastic film 37 a and a nonwoven fabric 37 b, and is used so that the nonwoven fabric 37 b is outside the urine collection bag 1. The nonwoven fabric 37b can be repeatedly attached and detached from the hook member 61. Such nonwoven fabric 37b includes, for example, a crimped composite fiber. If at least one of the strip portions 31 provided on both sides of the bag portion 2 is the urine collecting bag 1 capable of opening and closing the annular portion 3, for a man or a woman lying down or sitting in a wheelchair It is extremely easy to put on and take off.

  FIG. 6 is a view similar to FIG. 2 showing an example of the embodiment of the present invention. In the present invention, the annular portion 3 opens and closes one annular portion 31 by replacing at least one of the strip portions 31 with a pair of strips 31a and 31b that can be combined with each other as shown in FIG. Can be made possible. One of the pair of strips 31 a is fixed to the front covering portion 6, and the other of the pair of strips 31 b is fixed to the rear covering portion 7. When the urine collecting bag 1 is worn, a right leg (not shown) is inserted into one annular portion 3, and then the pair of strips 31a and 31b are placed around the leg of the wearer's left leg or the hip bone to be hooked. Tightly adhere to each other. The pair of strips 31a and 31b is preferably non-extensible, but can also be elastic. The strip portion 31 in the annular portion 3 on both sides of the urine collecting bag 1 can be formed by a pair of strip portions 31a and 31b instead of the embodiment shown in FIG.

  7 and 8 are also similar to FIGS. 2 and 3 showing an example of the embodiment of the present invention. In the urine collecting bag 1 of FIG. 7, a leakage preventing sheet piece 62 is attached to the upper inner surface of the front covering portion 6 of the urine collecting bag 1 of FIG. 2. The sheet piece 62 is formed in a substantially rectangular shape, and has an upper edge portion 63, a lower edge portion 64, and side edge portions 66 and 67. The sheet piece 62 is also elastically extendable in the lateral direction B, and the upper edge portion 63 and the side edge portions 66 and 67 are hot melt adhesive (not shown) in the state of being extended in the lateral direction B. The other portion, that is, the portion including the lower edge portion 64 and located between the upper edge portion 63 and the lower edge portion 64 is attached to the front covering portion 6. On the other hand, it is in a non-bonded state. 7 and 8, the sheet piece 62 is in a state of contracting in the lateral direction B, and the front covering portion 6 is curved so as to protrude outwardly with the contraction. When the front covering portion 6 is curved in such a manner, the distance between the front covering portion 6 and the rear covering portion 7 in the front-rear direction A is relatively large, and when the wearer 5 is a male, the penis 4 is removed. It becomes easy to fit in the space 16. In addition, the sheet piece 62 serves as a wall that stops the urine that flows along the inner surface of the front covering portion 6 and moves toward the outside of the space 16 by the lower edge portion 64 of the sheet piece 62 contacting the penis 4 indicated by the phantom line from above. The leakage of urine from the top opening 17 of the bag portion 2 can be prevented. When the wearer 5 is a woman, the lower edge portion 64 of the sheet piece 62 comes into contact with the lower abdomen, and stops the flow of urine that flows along the skin of the lower abdomen and tries to go outside the space 16. Can do. The sheet piece 62 can be formed by a non-woven fabric containing elastic yarn, a film made of synthetic rubber or a thermoplastic elastomer, or a non-elastic non-woven fabric or plastic film with a thread-like elastic member extended in the width direction B. It can also be formed by attaching. For example, the sheet piece 62 may be formed of a non-extensible nonwoven fabric and a single thread rubber attached to the lower edge of the nonwoven fabric in a stretched state. The sheet piece 62 acting in this way is preferably liquid-impermeable.

  In the illustrated example, the strip portion 31 is formed separately from the bag portion 22, but the top portion 12 of the front covering portion 6 and the top portion 13 of the rear covering portion 7 are arranged on the side of the bag portion 2. The strip portion 31 can also be made by extending to the side. The annular portion 3 is preferably formed so that at least a portion thereof can be elastically extended in the circumferential direction, but the strip portion 31 is formed by a pair of strips 31a and 31b as illustrated in FIG. In some cases, the present invention can be implemented by making the entire circumferential direction of the annular portion 3 non-extensible. Moreover, the top part 12 and the top part 13 of the example of illustration which have elastic extensibility in the width direction B can be replaced with the non-extensible top part 12 and the top part 13, and this invention can also be implemented.

  According to the present invention, it is possible to manufacture a urine collection bag that is easy to wear and that can easily stabilize the position after wearing.

The figure when seeing a urine collecting bag from diagonally forward. The figure when seeing a urine collection bag from diagonally backward. III-III sectional view taken on the line of FIG. The figure which decomposes | disassembles and expands a urine collection bag. The figure similar to FIG. 1 which shows an example of embodiment. The figure similar to FIG. 2 which shows an example of embodiment. The figure similar to FIG. 2 which shows an example of embodiment. The figure similar to FIG. 3 which shows an example of embodiment.

Explanation of symbols

1 Urine collection bag 2 Bag part 3 Ring (annular part)
4 Penis 6 Front part (front covering part)
7 Rear part (rear covering part)
8 Bottom part 12 Top part 13 Top part 16 Space 17 Opening 31 Band piece part (band piece)
32 Front end portion 33 Rear end portion 36 Inner surface sheet 37 Outer surface sheet 38 Core material 42 Leg 62 Sheet piece A Front and rear direction B Horizontal direction C Vertical direction L _F size L _R size

Claims (5)

A urine collection bag having a front and rear direction, a lateral direction and a vertical direction perpendicular to each other, and including a bag portion formed with an opening for allowing urine to flow upward,
The bag portion includes a liquid-permeable inner surface sheet, a liquid-impermeable outer surface sheet, and a urine absorbing core material interposed between the two sheets,
Rings that can surround the legs around the legs of the wearer of the urine collection bag are formed on both sides in the lateral direction of the bag portion, and the rings extend in the circumferential direction of the rings. Formed by integrating both ends of the strip portion into the bag portion ,
The bag part has a front part located in the front in the front-rear direction and a rear part located in the rear, and the front part and the rear part are respectively on both sides of the bag part and below the bag part. And forming a bottom portion of the bag portion below the opening,
As for the said strip part, one end part of the said both ends is integrated with the top part of the said front part, and the other edge part of the said both ends is integrated with the top part of the said back part . The urine collection bag characterized by the above.   The urine collecting bag according to claim 1, wherein the ring is elastically extendable in the circumferential direction.   The urine collecting bag according to claim 1 or 2, wherein at least one of the rings is formed to be openable and closable. The urine collecting bag according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein a dimension from the bottom part to a top part of the front part is larger than a dimension from the bottom part to a top part of the rear part. On the inner surface side of the front portion, a sheet piece that crosses the front portion extends in an upper portion of the front portion, and the sheet piece can be elastically extended in the lateral direction, and in the lateral direction. The upper and lower edge portions extending in parallel with each other and both side edge portions extending in parallel with each other in the vertical direction, and the upper side in the state where the sheet piece is extended in the lateral direction. The edge and the both side edges are joined to the front part, while the part between the lower edge and the upper edge including the lower edge is not joined to the front part. 5. The urine collecting bag according to any one of 4 above.

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