US 2011/0225726 A1 · IRRIGATION, DEBRIDEMENT AND CLEANING BASIN

Abstract

A basin for use in at least one of irrigation, debridement, cleaning and other procedures on a subject's appendage includes a flexible body including one or more walls. A first wall can define an appendage contour, which can flex under the weight of the appendage, providing a comfortable seat that conforms to the subject's appendage. The body can be a monolithic, one-piece structure constructed from a closed cell foam. The body can include integral stiffening structures that enhance its rigidity yet still enable the basin to be flexible when adjacent another appendage or body portion. The basin can include a sloped bottom to direct fluids toward an outlet port for draining, and baffles projecting from the bottom. The basin can include a reticulated foam insert positioned adjacent the bottom, on the baffles, where the insert minimizes splash back yet adequately captures debris and other items washed from the appendage.

A basin adapted for use in at least one of irrigation, debridement and cleaning, the basin comprising:

a first end wall defining a first appendage contour of a first size, the first appendage contour including an first inner portion, an first outer portion, a first side portion and a second opposing side portion, the first end wall including a first end wall inner wall and a first end wall outer wall, the first end wall inner wall separated from the first end wall outer wall by an open space defined within the first end wall and under the first appendage contour, each of the first end wall inner wall and the first end wall outer wall joined with the first appendage contour and configured to support the inner portion of the first appendage contour and the outer portion of the first appendage contour, respectively;
a second end wall defining a second appendage contour of a second size, the second size different from and larger than the first size of the first appendage contour, the second appendage contour including a second inner portion, a second outer portion, a third side portion and a fourth opposing side portion, the second end wall including a second end wall inner wall and a second end wall outer wall, the second end wall inner wall separated from the second end wall outer wall by an open space defined within the second end wall and under the second appendage contour, each of the second end wall inner wall and the second end wall outer wall joined with the second appendage contour and configured to support the inner portion of the second appendage contour and the outer portion of the second appendage contour, respectively;
first and second opposing sidewalls extending between and joining the first end wall and the second end wall, the first and second opposing sidewalls and the first and second end walls each including lower portions that are joined with a bottom so as to form a receptacle for collecting fluids from an appendage placed in at least one of the first appendage contour and the second appendage contour and washed with the fluids,
wherein at least one of the first end wall, the bottom and the second end wall define an outlet port extending at least partially therethrough,
wherein at least a portion of the bottom is sloped toward the outlet port so that the fluids contacting the at least one of the bottom flow by gravity toward the at least one of the first end wall and the second end wall,
wherein the first and second opposing sidewalls, the first and second end walls, and the bottom are in the form of a monolithic, one piece basin constructed from a closed cell foam,
wherein the first appendage contour of the first size is flexible so that the first side portion and the second side portion of the first appendage contour move toward one another to provide a clamping effect on a first portion of a subject's appendage when the first portion of the subject's appendage is placed in the first appendage contour and applies a downward force on the first appendage contour,
wherein the first end wall, the second end wall and the opposing side walls are tapered from the lower portion to an upper portion so that multiple, like basins can be stacked one upon the other in an inter-nesting manner.

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Irrigation, debridement and cleaning basin

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