External male urinary catheter assembly and method
OwnerGeorge V. Mitchellinventor
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Abstract
The external male urinary catheter assembly has a flexible moisture barrier sheet with a penis passage. The penis passage has a plurality of flaps, separated by radial slots. These slots are extended outward to adjust passage diameter. A liquid absorbent material pad has an absorbent material pad passage that is coaxial with the penis passage. A cup member has an inlet end flange that is held in alignment with the penis passage by a harness plate and harness. The absorbent material pad is compressed between the cup member flange and the moisture barrier sheet. The absorbent material pad absorbs liquid that is adjacent to the penis passage as well as liquid that passes between the cup flange and the moisture barrier.
Claims13
An external urinary catheter assembly comprising:
- a flexible moisture barrier sheet with a penis passage;
- a liquid absorbent material pad adjacent to the flexible barrier sheet and having an absorbent material pad passage that is generally coaxial with a penis passage;
- a cup member with a cup member flange that extends radially outward from a large diameter opening on an inlet end of the cup member, a cup member discharge opening in the cup member, and wherein the liquid absorbent material pad is compressed between the flexible moisture barrier sheet and the cup member flange and a first portion of the liquid absorbent material pad extends radially outward from the cup member flange;
- a harness that engages the cup member and holds the cup member, the liquid absorbent material pad, and the flexible moisture barrier sheet in position to receive urinary drainage;
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- a liquid holding container connected to the cup member discharge opening by a flexible discharge tube.
An external male urinary catheter assembly comprising:
- a flexible moisture barrier sheet with an inside barrier sheet surface, an outside barrier sheet surface, a penis passage having a plurality of flaps separated by a radial slot between each pair of adjacent flaps and wherein the radial slots are cut to a selected length to obtain a selected penis passage diameter;
- a liquid absorbent material pad with an absorbent material outside surface and an absorbent material inside surface and wherein the absorbent material inside surface faces the outside barrier sheet surface, an absorbent material pad passage generally coaxial with the penis passage through the flexible moisture barrier sheet and wherein the absorbent material pad passage receives the plurality of flaps;
- a cup member with a cup member flange that extends radially outward from a large diameter opening on an inlet end of the cup member, and a cup member discharge opening in the cup member;
- a harness plate with a harness plate central aperture that telescopically receives the cup member and engages the cup member flange;
- a harness connected to the harness plate that supports the harness plate and urges the harness plate toward the flexible moisture barrier sheet and compresses the liquid absorbent material pad between the harness plate and the outside barrier sheet surface and forms a seal between the cup member flange and the outside barrier sheet surface;
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- a liquid holding bag connected to the cup member discharge opening by a flexible discharge tube.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.