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US 5,495,858 AGranted
Male incontinence device
AssigneeE. R. Squibb & Sons, Inc.
InventorsPeter L. Steer, Graham D. Bannister, Howard Barrett
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Abstract
A male incontinence device has one coupling part 200 attachable to a silicone pad 500 and a second coupling part 300 attached to a condom-like drainage member 400. A stretchable ring or wall 312 can be shifted ("snapped") by manual pressure between a locking position wherein the two coupling parts are locked together and an unlocking position wherein the two coupling parts can be separated to permit removal of the condom-like drainage member from the silicone pad.
Claims6
A male incontinence device comprising:
- a first coupling assembly having a first penile orifice, said first coupling assembly having a rib projecting therefrom with an engageable undersurface;
- a second coupling assembly having a second penile orifice, said second coupling assembly having a peripheral rim, said rim including a flip-over bi-stable annulus member extending therefrom, said annulus member being stable in a flipped-down closed position and a flipped-up open position;
- said rim having a preformed and predeterminedly dimensioned recess for receiving said rib when said annulus is in said flipped-up open position for aligning said first and second coupling assemblies for coupling when said rib is received in said recess, and for mating with and capturing said rib when said annulus is in said flipped-down closed position, said rim also including a predefined and preformed hinge about which said bi-stable annulus is pivotable into said open and closed positions;
- said annulus member having a catch, said catch capable of engaging said rib undersurface when in a flipped-down closed position so as to couple together said first and second coupling assemblies, said first and second penile orifices being fixedly aligned when said first and second coupling assemblies are coupled together, said coupled assemblies being separable when said annulus member is in a flipped-up open position;
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- means for securing a male condom catheter to one of said coupling assemblies.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.