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 Title: |
US5941860:
Fecal pouch and installation
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| Country: |
US United States of America
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| Inventor: |
Wheeler, Alton D.; Pasadena, TX 77504
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| Assignee: |
None
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| Published / Filed: |
1999-08-24
/ 1997-11-03
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| Application Number: |
US1997000963484
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| IPC Code: |
Advanced:
A61F 5/451;
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IPC-7:
A61F 5/44;
A61M 1/00;
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| ECLA Code: |
A61F5/451;
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| U.S. Class: |
Current:
604/327;
604/328;
604/331;
604/338;
604/345;
604/351;
604/353;
Original:
604/327;
604/328;
604/331;
604/338;
604/345;
604/351;
604/353;
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| Field of Search: |
128/283
600/032,328,30
604/327,328,332,339,341,351
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| Abstract: |
A fecal collector which comprises an elongated, flaccid pouch having an entrance end; an anchor attached to the pouch entrance end to anchor the entrance end in the lower bowel, and; a positioner attached to the pouch in spaced relation to the anchor O-ring, to remain outside the lower bowel and adjacent the body, for blocking tilting of the anchor in the bowel.
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| Attorney, Agent or Firm: |
Haefliger, William W. ;
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| Primary / Asst. Examiners: |
Weiss, John G.; Peppers, III, Miley C.
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| Designated Country: |
AL AM AP AT AU AZ BA BB BG BR BY CA CH CN CU CZ DE DK EA EE EP ES FI GB GD GE GH GM HR HU ID IL IN IS JP KE KG KP KR KZ
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First Claim:
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I claim:
1. A fecal collector comprising, in combination,
- a) an elongated, flaccid pouch having an entrance end,
- b) an anchor attached to the pouch entrance end for anchoring said entrance end in a lower bowel, and
- c) a positioner attached to the pouch in spaced relation to the anchor, for remaining outside a lower bowel, and for blocking tilting of the anchor in a bowel,
- d) and relatively movable inserter and pusher tubes respectively receiving said anchor and positioner for pushing the anchor from the insertion tube into a lower bowel and for discharge of the positioner from the pusher tube in response to retraction of both tubes relative to the anchor, the pouch received in collapsed condition in at least one of the tubes.
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