Personal waste disposal garments
AssigneeW. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.
InventorNorman A. Street
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Abstract
A vacuum powered personal waste garment apparatus comprising a waterproof and breathable garment having thigh bands and a waistband that are snug when worn on a patient. A first hose attached to a warm water supply on one end and the garment through a cuff at the other end to provide a fresh supply of water to the garment. A second hose attached to a wet-dry vacuum cleaner on one end and the garment through a cuff at the other end wherein the vacuum cleaner creates a vacuum within the garment so that any liquid or solid waste within the garment flows into the second hose to the vacuum cleaner.
Claims6
A personal waste disposal undergarment apparatus comprising:
- (a) a waterproof and breathable undergarment having cuffs and a waist band that are watertight when worn on a patient and wherein said undergarment is collapsible on the patient;
- (b) a first hose attached to a warm water supply on one end and to the inside of the undergarment at the other end to provide a fresh supply of water into the undergarment;
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- (c) a second hose attached to a disposal system on one end and to the undergarment at the other end wherein a waste stream escapes by vacuum to a disposal system.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.