CA1256346A

CA1256346A - Urinary receptacle

Info

Publication number: CA1256346A
Application number: CA000468211A
Authority: CA
Inventors: Jim Rechsteiner
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1983-12-01
Filing date: 1984-11-20
Publication date: 1989-06-27
Also published as: IE842937L; ES283071U; EP0144105A2; EP0144105B1; PT79572B; FI844501A0; FI844501L; ATE41301T1; US4661100A; NO844795L; AU3578884A; DE3477132D1; DK544984A; JPS60135049A; NO159339B; AU580018B2; NO159339C; PT79572A; NZ210244A; IE55832B1

Abstract

ABSTRACT

An urinary receptacle having an inlet connection for connection with a feeding duct and an outlet connection that can be closed with at least one container arranged in the receptacle and to be opened from the outside of the receptacle and containing a material having an effect on the urine. The container is made from a fragile synthetic resin, which may be broken to introduce the material into the urine. The material may be a disinfectant or a diagnostic agent, to reveal the presence of protein for example.

Description

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The invention relates to an urinary receptacle having an inlet connection for connection with a feeding duct and an outlet connection that can be closed with at least one container arranged in the receptacle and to be opened from the outside of the receptacle and containing a materialhavin~
an effect on the urine.
Such an urinary receptacle is known from DE-A-3.118.860.
Such an urinary receptacle is used inter alia in hospitals. The patient is connected through a hose with the urinary receptacle, which has, of course, to be periodically emptied by the hospital staff. By introducing periodically a disinfecting material into the receptacle the increase of bacteria in the receptacle is reduced so that the risk of cystitis of the patient is reduced. This may _urthermore be important in emptying the receptacle, since there is a great risk that in emptying the ambience, for example, the nurse's hand might be infectedO This is, of course, undesirable in a hospital where the ambience should be as sterile as possible.
Ar inconvenience of the known device is that dosing is difficult and cannot be checked with respect to the amount of disinfectant really introduced into the receptacle according to need. Therefore, the use of the known device highly depends on the hospital staff. If it is forgotten to pinch the receptacle, no disinfection takes place, which cannot be assessed.
The invention has for its object to provide a solution for this problem.
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-3- 21766-~36 The invention provides a urinary receptacle of the kind made from a flexible transparent substance, said receptacle having an inlet connection for a feeding duct and an outlet connection that can be closed and including at least one frangible container containing a material affecting the urine which container can be opened by fracturing from outside the receptacle to release said material lnto the receptacle.
By pinching the container from the outside to fracture it, disinfecting material is introduced in an apportioned amount into the urinary receptacle. It is visible from the outside whether this has really taken place so that it can be checked in a simple manner whether the addition of the disinfectant has taken place.
Preferably several containers are arranged, for example, in a seam of the receptacle. This has the advantage that the disinfectant can be introduced in doses into the urinary receptacle by breaking one or more of the containers.
Therefore, the inventlon provides a satisfactory doability together with the possibility of an external check.
It is noted that from U.S. patent specification 3,312,221 there is known a receptacle having pellets of disinfecting material. The container ls normally not closed and need, therefore, not be opened from the outside. Dosing of the dislnfectant is, therefore, not possihle.
A further advantage of the invention over the construction of said U.S. patent specification is that disinfection of the contents of the urinary receptacle can take place at the most desirable instant. In order to permit repea~ed ~2~63~6 -3a- 21766-~36 use of the urinary receptacle it ls preferred to provide several containers, for example, in the seam of a recep~acle. Prior ~o use and then each time after the receptacle is emptied one of ~he containers can be opened by pinching the recep~acle at the area concerned 50 that the collected amount of urine comes into contact with the dosed amount of disinfectant. ~s an alternative a plurality of containers enclosed between relatively sealed layers of synthetic resin may be assembled to form a unit in which an opening is provided in one of the layers for each container. Such a unit can then be inserted into the urinary receptacle through an opening that can be closed, for example, the outlet connection.

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It is furthermore possible to introduce into the containers a diagnos-tic means revealing the presence of a substance, for example, protein in the urine by discolouring.
The invention will be explained with reference to the accompanying drawing.
Fig.1 shows an urinary receptacle embodyins the invention.
Fig.2 shows a different embodiment of the invention, and fig.3 shows a plurality of containers assembled to form a strip-shaped unit.
The receptacle 1 comprises an inlet connection

2 with which a hose 3 is connected for the patent. On the underside the receptacle 1 is provided with an outlet connection ~, which can be closed by means o a closing plug 5. In the seam 6 of the receptacle 1 are arranged containers for example 7,8 embod~ing the invention. The containers 7,8 are made from readily breakable synthetic resin and can be opened from the outside oE the receptacle 1 by pinching the receptacle at the area of the container.
The containers have disinfectant material.
As shown in fig.2, the containers are loosely arranged in the receptacle.
As an alternative, the containers may be assembled to form a strip-shaped unit consisting of two relatively sealed layers of synthetic resin 9,10, between which the containers are enclosed. For each container an opening 11 is provided in or near one of the layers 9,10.
Such a strip can be introduced into the urinary receptacle for example, through the outlet connection 4 that can be closed.

Claims

THE EMBODIMENTS OF THE INVENTION IN WHICH AN EXCLUSIVE
PROPERTY OR PRIVILEGE IS CLAIMED ARE DEFINED AS FOLLOWS:

1. A urinary receptacle of the kind made from a flexible transparent substance, said receptacle having an inlet connection for a feeding duct and an outlet connection that can be closed and including at least one frangible container containing a material affecting the urine which container can be opened by fracturing from outside the receptacle to release said material into the receptacle.

2. A urinary receptacle as claimed in claim 1, wherein several of said containers are arranged in a seam of the receptacle.

3. A urinary receptacle as claimed in claim 1 or 2, wherein a plurality of containers enclosed between relatively sealed layers of synthetic resin are assembled to form a unit, opening to said receptacle being provided for each container.

4. A urinary receptacle as claimed in claim 1, wherein the material is a disinfectant.

5. A urinary receptacle as claimed in claim 1, wherein the material is a diagnostic agent revealing at least by discoloration, the presence of a specific substance in the urine.

6. A unit for use in a urinary receptacle of the kind made from a flexible transparent substance and having an inlet connection for a feeding duct and an outlet connection that can be closed, said unit being adapted to be inserted into said receptacle via said outlet connection and comprising a plurality of frangible synthetic resin containers containing a material affecting urine which are enclosed between sealed together layers of synthetic resin, an opening in the unit being provided for each container to allow escape of said material upon fracturing thereof.