Inflationless retention cuff for fluid collection devices
AssigneeHollister Incorporated
InventorsGeorge Cisko, Thomas Gilman, Mark Hermann, Peter Visconti, Noah Meade
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Abstract
A retention cuff is disclosed for retaining a fluid collection device or system in an orifice of a patient. The retention cuff has a body has a central opening and an inflationless cuff wall that includes an annular cuff wall and one or more side elements. The retention cuff is non-inflatable and has a self-deployed state or shape. The retention cuff can be coupled to a fecal collection device such that the central opening is in flow communication with a collection tube of the device and with the body of the retention device.
Claims20
A fecal collection device comprising:
- a collection tube;
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- a retention cuff coupled to one end of the collection tube, the retention cuff having a non-inflatable body including
- a neck portion coupled to the one end of the tube,
- a central opening through the neck portion in axial flow communication with the collection tube, and
- an inflationless cuff wall haying at least an annular cuff wall extending radially outward from the neck portion and having at least a portion that is angled in an axial direction away from the collection tube, the inflationless cuff wall surrounding the central opening and having an undeformed shape configured to direct collected fecal matter to the collection tube through the central opening.
A retention cuff for retaining a fluid collection device or system in an orifice of a patient, the retention cuff having a central opening and a body with an inflationless cuff wall that includes an annular cuff wall and one or more side elements, the retention cuff being non-inflatable and having a self-deployed state or shape.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.