US2568857A

US2568857A - Colostomy toilet

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Publication number: US2568857A
Application number: US698711A
Authority: US
Inventors: Leslie C Jacobs
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1946-09-23
Filing date: 1946-09-23
Publication date: 1951-09-25
Anticipated expiration: 1968-09-25

Description

Sept. 25, 1951 c. JACOBS COLOSTOMY TOILET Filed Sept. 25, 1946 Avuewrae d C. JqcadJ driveway i aten ted Sept. 25, 1951 UNITED. STATES PATENT OFFICE COLOSTOMY TOILET Leslie C. Jacobs, Ventura, Calif.

Application September 23, 1946, Serial No. 698,711

1 Claim. 1

My invention relates to an apparatus which may be referred to as a collostomy toilet.

In surgical operations, temporary or permanent, openings are often made in the abdominal walls of human beings to allow fecal, or human waste, to be ejected or otherwise removed.

One of the principal objects of this invention is to provide an apparatus whereby such fecal, or human waste, may be easily ejected or otherwise removed in the most sanitary manner.

Another important object of this invention is to provide an apparatus of this class which may be conveniently used in connection with the ordinary toilet bowl, and in such a manner in connection therewith that the user of the apparatus may easily stand or otherwise place himself or herself in front of the toilet bowl, and may move about readily and conveniently.

An important object also of this invention is to provide an apparatus of this class whereby a cover may be readily secured over the opening of a toilet bowl of various sizes, and a cover for flexibly or yieldably supporting the waste receptacle of my apparatus for readily discharging the waste matter into the toilet bowl.

A further important object of this invention is to provide an apparatus of this class having a waste-matter receiving receptacle which may be readily secured against the human body over a colostomy opening, and which is provided with flushing means for continuously flushing the waste matter from the receptacle into the toilet bowl.

A still further important object of this invention is to provide an apparatus of this class which may be readily compacted, transported, and quickly set up for use, so that it may be readily carried with the intended user.

With these and other objects in view, as will appear hereinafter, I have devised a colostomy toilet having certain novel features of construction, combination, and arrangement of parts and portions, as will be hereinafter described in detail and particularly set forth in the appended claim, reference being had to the accompanying drawings and to the characters of reference thereon, which form a part of this application, in which:

Fig. 1 is a side elevational view of my apparatus, showing the colostomy toilet in a preferred form, a portion thereof being shown in section and mounted on a conventional toilet bowl, the waste receptacle being shown against a human body, shown fragmentarily by dot and dash lines;

Fig. 2 is a sectional plan view thereof, taken through 22 of Fig. 1, showing the construction of the supporting cover thereof which is to be placed over a conventional toilet bowl;

Fig. 3 is a top view of the upper end of the waste receptacle; and,

Fig. 4 is a sectional elevational view thereof, taken through 4-4 of Fig. 1.

The cover upon which my apparatus is mounted is designated I. This cover is so shaped and constructed that it may be supported on' a conventional toilet bowl designated T. At the lower side of the cover are adjustable clamps 2, preferably three in number, for frictionally securing the cover to the inner side of the rim T of the toilet bowl. Each of the clamps 2 have upwardly extending bolts 3 which extend through slots l in the cover. Over these slots are movably positioned plates 4 through which the bolts 3 extend. On the upper ends of the bolts 3 are provided wing nuts 3 for drawing the clamps 2 against the under side of the cover for securing the clamps in position.

At the upper end of the apparatus is provided a receptacle H for receiving the fecal, or human waste. This receptacle is preferably made of sheet metal and is provided with an opening H at its front side against which the human body B is positioned for placing the colostomy opening in alignment with the opening H of the receptacle. The bottom ll of the receptacle is substantially channel-like, as shownbest in Fig. 4, and is inclined downwardly away from the body. The forward end of the bottom is connected by a relatively large conduit i2 with the toilet bowl through an opening I of the cover, this conduit I2 being also inclined so that the waste matter and flushing water, as will be described hereafter, will not drop too abruptly into the toilet bowl.

The receptacle H is held in such position by a bracket it, which is preferably made of heavy resilient wire, and is mounted, preferably pivotally, at its lower end on a block M which is secured to the cover I. The receptacle ll may be connected or suspended from the upper end of the wirebracket l3 by a tension spring i5.

Over the opening I of the cover is a ring it which is centered over the opening by tension springs H. The lower end of the conduit I2 is located within the hole l by the centering ring I6.

A sealing gasket, or other means, is provided at the upper portion and around the opening l such as a rubber ring l8, for more or less tightly 3 sealing the cover around the conduit I2. The rubber ring may be secured at the outer portion to the cover by means of a metal ring l9.

The receptacle II is secured against the body B by means of a yieldable or flexible strap 2 i, one end of which may be removably fastened by a hook 22 to an eye member 23, as shown in Fig. 1. Between the open end of the receptacle H and the body is preferably placed a flexible pad 24, this pad being preferably secured to the outer side of the receptacle against the flange I| surrounding the opening Il Around the upper portion of the receptacle, and also at the sides surrounding the opening H is a perforated flushing pipe 29 whereby flushing water is directed against all the walls of the receptacle H for washing therefrom all surfaces against which the fecal, or waste matter, may come into contact. This flushing Water keeps the interior .of the receptacle sanitary and also flushes the interior of the conduit l2.

The end of the pipe 26, or the intermediate portion thereof, as shown in Fig. 3, may be connected by a flexible tube 27 to a rubber fitting 2., connected to a water supply faucet, or other means.

On the block l4 may be provided an upright member 34 on which may be supported a container for supplying water to the flushing pipe 26, if no other water supply means are available.

I wish it to be understood that I do not desire to be limited to the exact details of construction shown and described, for obvious modifications will occur toa person skilled in the art.

I claim;

In a device of the class described, a receptacle, a cover for the topside thereof, said cover having an opening, a perforated flexible diaphragm extending over the opening, a conduit extending flexibly through the perforation and adapted variously to penetrate the same, and springs for centering the portion of the conduit extending through the diaphragm.

LESLIE C. JACOBS.

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