Adhesion location adjustment for self-adhering male external catheters
OwnerAnthony J. Conway, Philip J. Conway +1inventors
InventorsAnthony J. Conway, Philip J. Conway, Sarah L. Grinde
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Abstract
Devices and/or methods for treating and/or managing urinary incontinence. A self-adhering male external catheter (MEC) is worn by the patient. Adhesive applied to a surface of the MEC adheres the MEC to the patient's skin. An adhesion zone of the MEC or another MEC to the skin is adjusted during the course of the treatment or management to allow the skin to rest and rejuvenate and reduce incidence of skin problems at the site of skin to adhesive contact.
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A system for treating or managing urinary incontinence, comprising:
- a plurality of male external catheters of the same size, the plurality of male external catheters including sheaths with interior surfaces having differently configured adhesion zones of exposed adhesive for adhering, with the adhesive, each of the plurality of male external catheters to a different adhesion location on a patient's skin.
A device for treating or managing urinary incontinence, comprising:
- a male external catheter including a sheath, the sheath including an interior surface and an exterior surface, the interior surface including two zones of exposed adhesive separated by a zone of no exposed adhesive.
A method of treating or managing male urinary incontinence, comprising:
- (a) adhering a first male external catheter to a first adhesion area of a patient's skin for a first period of time;
- (b) after the first period of time, removing the first male external catheter from the patient;
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- (c) after (b) adhering a second male external catheter to a second adhesion area of the patient's skin without adhering with adhesive the second male external catheter to the first adhesion area.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.