Retention Cuff for Bowel Management System
AssigneeHollister Incorporated
InventorsGeorge J. Cisko, Thomas H. Gilman, Malford Eugene Cullum, Richard I. Murahata
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Abstract
A retention cuff for a fecal collection device has an inflatable body with a proximal end, a proximal end flow opening, a free end, and a free end flow opening. An interior volume within the body is fillable with a medium to inflate the cuff. An axial flow path extends along an axis of and through the body and is in flow communication with the proximal and free end openings. A plurality of lateral flow pathways in the body are in flow communication with the axial flow path. The plurality of lateral flow pathways provides fluid flow in a direction different from the axial flow path.
Claims20
A retention cuff for a fecal collection device, the retention cuff comprising:
- a body having a proximal end, a proximal end flow opening, a free end, and a free end flow opening;
- an interior volume within the body fillable with a medium;
- an axial flow path extending along an axis of and through the body and in communication with the proximal and free end openings;
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- a plurality of lateral flow pathways in the body in communication with the axial flow path,
- wherein the plurality of lateral flow pathways provides fluid flow in a direction different from the axial flow path.
A fecal collection device comprising:
- a bowel catheter having a patient proximal end, a patient distal end, and an internal drainage lumen;
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- a retention cuff having a body with a proximal end coupled to the patient proximal end of the bowel catheter, a proximal end flow opening in flow communication with the drainage lumen, a free end, a free end flow opening, an interior volume within the body fillable with a medium, an axial flow path extending along an axis of and through the body and in communication with the proximal and free end openings, and a plurality of lateral flow pathways in the body,
- wherein the plurality of lateral flow pathways is in flow communication with the axial flow path and provides fluid flow in a direction different from the axial flow path.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.