Bag of plastic film for collecting discharges from human or animal bodies via drains
AssigneeColoplast A/S
InventorRichard Schmidt
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Abstract
A plastic bag for collecting discharges via a drain, especially from operation wounds, from, e.g., the thoracic and abdominal cavities. The bag is somewhat similar to an ostomy bag but differs in that a portion of its front wall has an increased surface area and reduced material thickness by being processed to form a film blister. This blister area allows a grip on the drain protruding into the bag through an aperture in its rear wall. The grip provided by the blister area makes it possible to manipulate the drain, notably to pull it gradually out from the body, without exposing the operation wound to any risk of infection.
Claims8
A bag of plastic film for collecting discharges from human and animal bodies via drains, the bag consisting of a rear wall and a front wall sealed to each other along the peripheral edges, the rear wall being provided with an aperture adapted to receive a drain;
- means around said aperture for attaching the bag to the body surface around a body opening through which the drain carries the discharges from the body to the bag;
- wherein the upper part of the front wall in at least an area opposite the aperture in the rear wall has been processed to form a supple film blister means to allow the user to manipulate a drain, said film blister means being of increased surface area and reduced material thickness compared to the surface area and thickness without such processing.
A bag of plastic film for collecting discharges from human and animal bodies via drains, the bag consisting of a rear wall and a front wall sealed to each other along the peripheral edges, the rear wall being provided with an aperture adapted to receive a drain;
- means around said aperture for attaching the bag to the body surface around a body opening through which the drain carries the discharges from the body to the bag, and a closable discharge opening in the bottom of the bag;
- wherein the upper part of the front wall in at least an area opposite the aperture in the rear wall has been processed to form a supple film blister means to allow the user to manipulate a drain, said film blister means being of increased surface area and reduced material thickness compared to the surface area and thickness without much processing.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.