Urine-collecting device
AssigneeNissho Corporation
InventorIwao Matsuura
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Abstract
A urine-collecting device comprising a urine-collecting bag having an opening for inserting a penis therethrough, the opening being made on one side surface of the bag and a sheet-like flange formed integrally with the bag at a periphery of the opening; and a film for preventing a back flow of urine having a hole with a diameter being smaller than that of the opening, characterized in that the film is formed to be cap-shaped and is put on the flange to elastically cover the flange. According to a device of the present invention, the device is applicable to any kind of patient, does not either cause a feeling of physical disorder or injure a penis, enables a bedridden old man or sick person to urinate while lying in order to be convenient for care thereof, and can be used sanitarily without causing a leak of urine.
Claims8
A urine-collecting device comprising:
- a relatively flat urine-collecting bag having a substantially flat front side and a rear side, said front side being provided with a relatively large round opening;
- a flange attached at the outside of said front side and to a round periphery of said large round opening of said substantially flat front side, said flange extending radially outwardly away from said round periphery at a substantial, substantially constant angle with respect to said substantially flat front side, said flange being provided with a relatively large opening;
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- a cylindrical cap-shaped film made of a substantially thin elastic material and having a substantially flat front wall at one side thereof and a rear flange portion at the other side thereof, the thickness of said front wall being smaller than that of said rear flange portion, a relatively small inserting hole being provided at the center of said front wall, said inserting hole having a diameter such that said inserting hole is capable of gently and sealingly fitting around a circumferential surface of a penis, and said film being attached to said flange by elastically fitting said rear flange portion around an outside surface of said flange.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.