Patent Application
20210361917
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The disclosure relates to catheter devices and more particularly pertains to a new catheter device for facilitating non-invasive catheterization.
The prior art relates to catheter devices. The prior art discloses an adhesive, external catheter for use on a female. Additionally, the prior art discloses a variety of external collectors, including a cup and a sleeve, that can be positioned against a labia or around a penis for external catheterization. The prior art discloses a non-invasive catheter that is integrated into a garment for wearing. In each instance the prior art discloses either a male catheter or a female catheter, but not both.
An embodiment of the disclosure meets the needs presented above by generally comprising a male catheter that is wrappable around a penis to capture urine from the penis. A first tube is fluidly coupled to the male catheter to receive the urine from the penis. A first collection bag is fluidly coupled to the first tube to capture the urine from the penis. A female catheter is positionable within the labia minora of a female patient to capture urine from the female patient. A second tube is fluidly coupled to the female catheter to receive the urine from the female patient. A second collection bag is fluidly coupled to the second tube to capture the urine from the female patient.
There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the disclosure in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are additional features of the disclosure that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto.
The objects of the disclosure, along with the various features of novelty which characterize the disclosure, are pointed out with particularity in the claims annexed to and forming a part of this disclosure.
The disclosure will be better understood and objects other than those set forth above will become apparent when consideration is given to the following detailed description thereof. Such description makes reference to the annexed drawings wherein:
With reference now to the drawings, and in particular to
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The first lobe 18 has an aperture 28 extending through the first surface 24 and the second surface 26. In this way the aperture 28 is aligned the external urethral orifice in the penis 22 thereby facilitating urine to pass through the aperture 28. The aperture 28 is positioned adjacent to an intersection between the first lobe 18 and the peninsula 16. Additionally, the male catheter 12 is infused with aloe vera for reducing irritation caused by wearing the male catheter 12.
A first adhesive layer 30 is bonded to the male catheter 12 and the first adhesive layer 30 adhesively engages the penis 22 when the male catheter 12 is wrapped around the penis 22 to retain the male catheter 12 on the penis 22. The first adhesive layer 30 is positioned on the first surface 24 of the male catheter 12 and the first adhesive layer 30 completely covers the first surface 24. The first adhesive layer 30 may comprise an acrylic adhesive or other surgical grade adhesive.
A first tube 32 is fluidly coupled to the male catheter 12 to receive the urine from the penis 22. The first tube 32 has a first end 34 and a second end 36, and the aperture 28 in the male catheter 12 insertably receives the first end 34 having the first tube 32 being bonded to the male catheter 12. A first collection bag 38 is fluidly coupled to the first tube 32 to capture the urine from the penis 22. The first collection bag 38 has an inlet 40 integrated therein and the inlet 40 has the second end 36 of the first tube 32 being fluidly coupled thereto.
A female catheter 42 is positionable within the labia minora 44 of a female patient to capture urine from the female patient. The female catheter 42 has a primary surface 46, a secondary surface 48 and an outer edge 50 extending therebetween, and the outer edge 50 is continuously arcuate about a center point of the female catheter 42. The female catheter 42 is longitudinally elongated such that the female catheter 42 has an ovoid shape having a first end 52 and a second end 54. In this way the female catheter 42 can cover the vaginal opening and the urethra when the female catheter 42 is worn.
The female catheter 42 has an aperture 56 extending through the primary surface 46 and the secondary surface 48 to have urine pass therethrough. The aperture 56 in the female catheter 42 is aligned with a longitudinal axis of the female catheter 42. Additionally, the aperture 56 in the female catheter 42 is positioned closer to the first end 52 than the second end 54 of the ovoid shape defined by the female catheter 42. The female catheter 42 is infused with aloe vera for reducing irritation caused by wearing the female catheter 42.
A second adhesive layer 58 is provided and the second adhesive layer 58 is bonded to the female catheter 42. The second adhesive layer 58 adhesively engages the labia minora 44 when the female catheter 42 is positioned thereagainst to retain the female catheter 42 on the labia minora 44. The second adhesive layer 58 is positioned on the secondary surface 48 of the female catheter 42 and the second adhesive layer 58 completely covers the secondary surface 48. The second adhesive layer 58 may comprise an acrylic adhesive or other surgical grade adhesive.
A second tube 60 is fluidly coupled to the female catheter 42 to receive the urine from the female patient. The second tube 60 has a first end 62 and a second end 64, and the aperture 56 in the female catheter 42 insertably receives the second end 64 of the second tube 60 having the second tube 60 being bonded to the female catheter 42. A second collection bag 66 is fluidly coupled to the second tube 60 to capture the urine from the female patient. The second collection bag 66 has an inlet 68 integrated therein, and the second end 64 of the second tube 60 is fluidly coupled to the inlet 68 in the second collection bag 66.
In use, the male catheter 12 is wrapped around the penis 22 such that the aperture 28 in the male catheter 12 is aligned with the external urethral opening in the penis 22. In this way the urine passes through the first tube 32 for collection in the first collection bag 38. Thus, a male patient can be catheterized in a non-invasive procedure, compared to a foley catheter for example, thereby reducing the risk of infections related to invasive catheterization. The female catheter 42 is positioned on the labia minora 44 thereby facilitating the aperture 56 in the female catheter 42 to be aligned with the female patient's urethra. In this way urine passes through the second tube 60 for collection in the second collection bag 66. The female catheter 42 includes the same benefits as the male catheter 12 with respect to being non-invasive.
With respect to the above description then, it is to be realized that the optimum dimensional relationships for the parts of an embodiment enabled by the disclosure, to include variations in size, materials, shape, form, function and manner of operation, assembly and use, are deemed readily apparent and obvious to one skilled in the art, and all equivalent relationships to those illustrated in the drawings and described in the specification are intended to be encompassed by an embodiment of the disclosure.
Therefore, the foregoing is considered as illustrative only of the principles of the disclosure. Further, since numerous modifications and changes will readily occur to those skilled in the art, it is not desired to limit the disclosure to the exact construction and operation shown and described, and accordingly, all suitable modifications and equivalents may be resorted to, falling within the scope of the disclosure. In this patent document, the word “comprising” is used in its non-limiting sense to mean that items following the word are included, but items not specifically mentioned are not excluded. A reference to an element by the indefinite article “a” does not exclude the possibility that more than one of the element is present, unless the context clearly requires that there be only one of the elements.
