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
  • A61F5/453—Genital or anal receptacles for collecting urine or other discharge from male member
• • 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
  • A61F13/00—Bandages or dressings; Absorbent pads
  • A61F13/15—Absorbent pads, e.g. sanitary towels, swabs or tampons for external or internal application to the body; Supporting or fastening means therefor; Tampon applicators
  • A61F13/45—Absorbent pads, e.g. sanitary towels, swabs or tampons for external or internal application to the body; Supporting or fastening means therefor; Tampon applicators characterised by the shape
  • A61F13/47—Sanitary towels, incontinence pads or napkins
  • A61F13/471—Sanitary towels, incontinence pads or napkins specially adapted for male use
• • 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
  • A61F13/00—Bandages or dressings; Absorbent pads
  • A61F13/15—Absorbent pads, e.g. sanitary towels, swabs or tampons for external or internal application to the body; Supporting or fastening means therefor; Tampon applicators
  • A61F13/45—Absorbent pads, e.g. sanitary towels, swabs or tampons for external or internal application to the body; Supporting or fastening means therefor; Tampon applicators characterised by the shape
  • A61F13/47—Sanitary towels, incontinence pads or napkins
• • 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
  • A61F13/00—Bandages or dressings; Absorbent pads
  • A61F13/15—Absorbent pads, e.g. sanitary towels, swabs or tampons for external or internal application to the body; Supporting or fastening means therefor; Tampon applicators
  • A61F13/45—Absorbent pads, e.g. sanitary towels, swabs or tampons for external or internal application to the body; Supporting or fastening means therefor; Tampon applicators characterised by the shape
  • A61F13/49—Absorbent articles specially adapted to be worn around the waist, e.g. diapers
  • A61F13/49007—Form-fitting, self-adjusting disposable diapers
  • A61F13/49009—Form-fitting, self-adjusting disposable diapers with elastic means
• • 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
  • A61F13/00—Bandages or dressings; Absorbent pads
  • A61F13/15—Absorbent pads, e.g. sanitary towels, swabs or tampons for external or internal application to the body; Supporting or fastening means therefor; Tampon applicators
  • A61F13/51—Absorbent pads, e.g. sanitary towels, swabs or tampons for external or internal application to the body; Supporting or fastening means therefor; Tampon applicators characterised by the outer layers
  • A61F13/514—Backsheet, i.e. the impermeable cover or layer furthest from the skin
  • A61F13/51401—Backsheet, i.e. the impermeable cover or layer furthest from the skin characterised by the material
  • A61F2013/51409—Backsheet, i.e. the impermeable cover or layer furthest from the skin characterised by the material being a film

Definitions

• the present invention relates to an incontinence protector for slightly incontinent men and is intended to be applied over penis as well as scrotum.
• the inven ⁇ tion also relates to a method of manufacturing such incontinence protectors.
• incontinence protectors intended for slightly incontinent men are known per se.
• the Swedish Patent Specification 426 206 teaches such- a protector formed of two side walls affixed to their edges while leaving an opening at one side edge, this protector having one pointed and one obtuse corner.
• the obtuse corner situated opposite the opening is pressed against the body, the edges of the opening thereby being folded out towards the sides.
• the portion located below the obtuse corner and in the region around the pointed corner during use of the protector forms a conically shaped receptacle.
• This prior art protective device is much too stiff to feel pleasant for the user.
• a further essential drawback associated with this protector is that it will not remain fixed in position but tends to slip away. This is the case even when the protector has on its surface a friction in ⁇ creasing coating which consists of a foam plastic layer on the commercially available protectors and which, when used in combination with the liquid impermeable plastic layer, also makes the protector much too hot and tight.
• the Swedish Patent Specification 416 264 dis ⁇ closes a receptacle for slightly incontinent men
• the • receptacle consists of a tubular, fine-meshed textile hosiery which is impregnated with a liquid-repellent agent.
• the absorbent material is applied in small bags to be placed inside the receptacle.
• This protector which is intended to be threaded onto the male organ like a stocking, is completely use ⁇ less for men with retarded penis. Since male indivi- duals suffering from drop incontinence are generally elderly men among which a retarded penis is especially common, the protector described in the latter specifi ⁇ cation is unsuitable.
• the type of protector disclosed in said Swedish Patent Specification 4l6 264 is inappro ⁇ priate even for men with normal penis due to the diffi ⁇ culty in finding a fastening means capable of retaining the protector fixed in position during use.
• the waist ⁇ band shown in Fig 4 of said patent specification would certainly feel unpleasant and does not seem to function in a satisfactory manner.
• the protector is intended to be secured in the area around the penis root with the aid ' of adhe ⁇ sive tape, which would probably make removal of the protector painful for the user.
• a protector performed in accordance " with the invention is primarily distinguished in that it is shaped as a bag and has an opening which is lined with a prestretched elastic member; that the bag material has no, or only insignificant inherent rigidity; and that the elastic member acts to contract the opening the size of which being chosen so that in its optimally expanded, fully open state it can be applied to the body of an adult man, and that the elastic member upon recovery to its original state will produce a retracted bag opening which is substantially smaller than the circumference of the penis and scrotum area but simul- taneously large enough to accommodate the root circum ⁇ ference thereof without any overtension.
• the bag material is preferably vapor permeable and comprises an outer layer of fiber fabric which is made liquid impermeable by the treatment with a hydro- phobic agent, and an absorbent inner layer.
• an incontinence protector performed in this manner permits ventilation through the bag material, which is of vital importance for the feel of comfort.
• the bag serving as an incontinence protector is of course made large enough to accommodate the user's penis and scrotum without any chafing or cramping what ⁇ soever.
• the bag opening of the incontinence protector has in its total ⁇ ly open expanded state a circumference in the order of 35-45 cm, and in its retracted state a circumference in the order of 15-25 cm.
• the inventive method is characteized- in that a web-shaped laminate is formed which consists of one liquid impermeable layer and one absorbent fiber layer; that bag-shaped protectors with the liquid impermeable layer applied at the outer side are produced in a bag manufacturing machine; and that a prestretched elastic member is attached as a lining around the opening edge of the bag.
• Fig 1 is a side view of a first embodiment of the inventive protector in its extended, flat state
• Fig 2 is a schematic side view of the protector according to Fig 1 with the elastic member retracted
• Fig 3 shows the protector of Figs 1 and 2 as viewed in the direction towards its opening
• Fig 4 is a side view of a second embodiment of the inventive protector in its extended, planar state
• Fig 5 shows the protector according to Fig 4 with the elastic member retracted
• Fig 6 is a side view of a third embodiment of the inventive protector in its extended, planar state
• Fig 7 shows the protec- tor of Fig 6 with the elastic member retracted
• Fig 8 is a side view of a further embodiment of the inven ⁇ tive protector shown in its extended, planar state
• Fig 9 finally shows the protector according to Fig 8 with the elastic member retracted.
• the bag 1 shown in Fig 1 is rectangular in its extended state.
• the opening 2 of the bag is disposed along one of the long edges.
• An elastic member 3 is affixed around the opening.
• the bag which is rectangu ⁇ lar in its extended state has a long side with an extension in the order of 20 cm, and a short side in the order of 10 cm. With the elastic member 3 retrac- ted according to Figs 2 and 3, the circumference of the bag opening is in the order of 20 cm.
• the bag 1 is made of a soft material without, or with only a small degree of inherent rigidity.
• the bag material can be composed of an outer layer of fiber fabric which has been treated with a hydrophobic agent for producing a liquid impermeable layer, and an inner layer comprising absorbent mate ⁇ rial in fiber form.
• the outer layer can be composed of a hydrophobic layer of material comprising absor ⁇ bent fibers such as cellulose fibers and rayon, and melt fiber such as polypropylene for example, in combination with a reinforcing layer of so-called spun-bond nonwoven.
• Said outer layer may also include fibers of polyvinyl alcohol resulting in melt-bonding at a lower temperature than with polypropylene fibers.
• the size of the bag is selected so that in the expanded state of the elastic member, it can easily be brought over penis and scrotum of an adult man, allow ⁇ ing it upon application to accommodate these organs without chafing or cramping during use.
• the degree of elasticity is selected so as to provide a bag opening with a circumference of about 20 cm in its retracted state, as mentioned above. This size is sufficiently large for the opening not to overtense around the root circumference of penis and scrotum while being suffi ⁇ ciently narrow for preventing the protector from sli in off durin use.
• Figs 1-3 with the opening disposed at one of the long sides of a protec ⁇ tor having rectangular shape in its flat and extended state will give it a suitable anatomical shape.
• the protector is intended for application to the user's body with the longitudinal extension of the protector vertically positioned.
• Figs 4 and 5 show a somewhat modified embodi ⁇ ment.
• the bag 1 is here rhomboid-shaped in an extended, planar state.
• the ope'ning 2 and the elastic member 3 bordering it are arranged along one of the long edges.
• the rhombic shape enables the forming of a larger conically shaped portion 4 at one end than compared to the design according to Figs 1-3-
• the coni ⁇ cally shaped- receptacle portion 4 is naturally intended to be directed downwards when applied for use.
• the downwardly directed receptacle portion 4 has been further enlarged in the embodiment according to Figs 6- and 7.
• the long edges of the protector have increased length here while the opening 2, instead of extending entirely along one of the long edges, is welded together along a section 5.
• Figs 7 and 8 is distinguished from that of Figs 1 and 2 in that the upper portion of the bag, as seen when the protector is in use, has been designed with an oblique end edge, which is most clearly seen in Fig 8. In this manner and as is shown in Fig 9, the upper edge will be substanti- ally straight when the elastic member is retracted, a conically shaped receptacle portion 4 simultaneously being formed at the bottom.
• the inner and outer layers, included in a pro ⁇ tector made according to the invention, are preferably laminated.
• the bag material is advanced in a continuous web up to a bag welding machine for producing bags according to Figs 1, 4 and 5, respectively.
• Elastic bands or threads 3 are thereafter glued in a prestretched condition around the opening.
• the invention is not restricted to the afore- described exemplary embodiments or to the method of manufacture set forth above, since a plurality of modi ⁇ fications are conceivable within the sco ' pe -of the patent claims.
• the bag serving as a protector may naturally be given other configurations than those exemplified above. For -instance, it may be substantially quadratic when assuming an extended, planar condition.
• the bag material is soft and flexible, that the bag and its opening are correct ⁇ ly dimensioned, and that the elasticity around the opening is adjusted so as to keep the protector fixed in position without overtension around the root circumference of penis and scrotum.

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• 1985
  • 1985-05-14 SE SE8502403A patent/SE450812C/sv not_active IP Right Cessation
• 1986
  • 1986-05-14 BR BR8606668A patent/BR8606668A/pt unknown
  • 1986-05-14 JP JP61502952A patent/JPS62502852A/ja active Pending
  • 1986-05-14 EP EP86903649A patent/EP0225910A1/en not_active Withdrawn
  • 1986-05-14 AU AU59052/86A patent/AU5905286A/en not_active Abandoned
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• 1987
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