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US 11,974,937 B2Granted
Incontinence assistance appliances and garments
AssigneeDignify Holdings Pty. Ltd.
InventorChiara Carolyn Glasroe
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Abstract
An incontinence assist appliance for a user includes an envelope including a surface, such as an upper outside surface, for contact with the user. A removable bladder is receivable within the envelope and includes a port for attachment of a catheter which passes through an opening in the outer envelope. The bladder contains a urine absorbing substance so that it avoids spills of liquid urine. The envelope may be formed as a wearable garment. A pair of trousers incorporating the appliance in each leg is also provided.
Claims26
An incontinence assist appliance for a user comprising:
- an envelope including a surface for contact with the user;
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- a bladder that is removably receivable within the envelope, the bladder including a port for attachment of a catheter;
- wherein the bladder contains a urine absorbing substance and provides a manifold for receiving urine from the port, the manifold being a hollow compartment contained internally within and surrounded on all exposed sides by the urine absorbing substance at a generally central region of the bladder and formed with a number of exit holes around a perimeter of the hollow compartment in the exposed sides of the hollow compartment, directed in different directions, for distributing urine to the urine absorbing substance.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.