Device for sanitary drainage of an ostomy pouch
OwnerMohamed M. R. Foda, Aisha M. K. Monibinventors
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Abstract
A device for the sanitary drainage of the contents of an ostomy pouch into a waste receptacle (e.g., toilet) is provided. The device includes a base; an extendible shaft coupled to the base; a body that receives the ostomy pouch while it is attached to a patient and directs the contents of the pouch into a chute; a pivoting mechanism that couples the body to the shaft to adjust the angle there between; and a chute coupled to the body that directs the contents of the ostomy pouch into the waste receptacle. The device and the adjustability that it provides offers patients, particularly mobile patients, the ability to sanitarily and ergonomically empty their ostomy pouches into a waste receptacle, such as a toilet, while in a standing position.
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A device for sanitary drainage of contents of an ostomy pouch into a toilet, the device comprising
- a base;
- an extendible shaft configured to provide adjustment of a length of the shaft, the extendible shaft having a lower end coupled to the base and having an upper end;
- a body configured to receive the ostomy pouch while the pouch is attached to a mobile patient in an upright position, the body having an upper end defining a body inlet configured to receive the ostomy pouch, the body having a lower end defining a body outlet configured to direct the contents of the ostomy pouch out of the body;
- a pivoting mechanism pivotally coupling the lower end of body to the upper end of the extendible shaft, the pivoting mechanism engaging the body between the body inlet and the body outlet to provide adjustment of an angle between the body and the extendible shaft;
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- a chute coupled to the body outlet and configured to receive the contents of the ostomy pouch from the body and to direct the contents into the receptacle while the pouch is attached to the mobile patient, the chute having an upper end coupled to the outlet end of the body, the upper end of the chute defining a chute inlet configured to direct the contents of the ostomy pouch into the chute, and having a lower end defining a chute outlet configured to direct the contents out of the chute and into the receptacle while the pouch is attached to the mobile patient.
A device for drainage of contents of an ostomy pouch, the device comprising:
- a base;
- an extendible shaft configured to provide adjustment of a length of the shaft, the extendible shaft having a lower end coupled to the base and having an upper end;
- a body configured to receive the ostomy pouch while the pouch is attached to a patient, the body having an upper end defining a body inlet configured to receive the ostomy pouch, the body having a lower end defining a body outlet configured to direct the contents of the ostomy pouch out of the body;
- a pivoting mechanism pivotally coupling the lower end of body to the upper end of the extendible shaft, the pivoting mechanism engaging the body between the body inlet and the body outlet to provide adjustment of an angle between the body and the extendible shaft;
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- a chute coupled to the body outlet and configured to receive the contents of the ostomy pouch from the body while the pouch is attached to the patient, the chute having an upper end coupled to the outlet end of the body, the upper end of the chute defining a chute inlet configured to direct the contents of the ostomy pouch into the chute, and having a lower end defining a chute outlet configured to direct the contents out of the chute while the pouch is attached to the patient.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.