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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7363661 | Portable urinal A portable urinal comprises an upper pan and a lower pan, the pans being joined together to create a liquid receiving cavity. The upper pan has an upper surface which may be ovate shaped like a conventional toilet seat. A funnel in the approximate center of the uppe... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7146660 | Patient support pad with repositionable pressure source An apparatus for supporting a patient includes a pad having a first side, a second side, and a fluid chamber configured to receive fluid under pressure. The apparatus also has a pressure source operable to deliver pressurized fluid to the fluid chamber and a pouch c... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7032261 | Patient transfer apparatus A transfer device is provided for transferring a patient from a first support surface to an adjacent second support surface. The device includes a plurality of elongated side-by-side first bladders arranged to be placed under the patient on the first support surface... | 04/25/2006 |
| 6848133 | Care bed A care bed comprises a bed main body provided with an opening for elevating a bedpan, a bedpan assembled downward of the bed main body and supported in a freely elevating manner with respect to the bed main body, a bedpan elevating device that is moved between a lif... | 02/01/2005 |
| 6785916 | Care bedpan and a care bedpan system A care bedpan and a care bedpan system that are capable of reducing the burden of wasting excrements within the care bedpan, of enabling easy use of the bedpan, and of reducing the burden on both, the care-receiving person as well as the care-giving person are provi... | 09/07/2004 |
| 6665889 | Personal urine collecting apparatus having bidet system A personal urine collecting apparatus having a bidet system, includes a urine collector for collecting urine from a person, a urine repository for storing urine collected from the urine collector through a urine release guide line, a cleansing water tank ... | 12/23/2003 |
| 6554817 | Device for disposing excrement A device for disposing excrement is provided which can feed air to an interior of a diaper cup main body 2. The diaper cup main body 2 forms a space A as a passage for feeding the air from an air feed hose to air blow ports 2e, 2f, 2g of the diaper cup ma... | 04/29/2003 |
| 6167578 | Device for washing crotch region of patient A device for washing the crotch region of a patient, including an air chargeable, double-walled soft cover bag capable of forming a washing chamber for accommodating the crotch region of the patient when air is charged into a space between the double wall... | 01/02/2001 |
| 6163892 | Portable male urinal A portable male urinal assembly includes a conventional portable male urinal, having a urine receiving reservoir and a spout extending therefrom with an inlet in the spout for receiving the urine, and a urinal attachment having a valve assembly contained ... | 12/26/2000 |
| 6021529 | Portable male urinal A portable male urinal includes a urine receiving reservoir having a spout extending therefrom with the spout having an inlet for receiving urine. A valve assembly is provided within the spout for permitting flow of urine into the reservoir while resistin... | 02/08/2000 |
| 5956782 | Female chair urinal A urinal device for use by female persons not having the use of their legs while seated in a chair or wheelchair. The urinal device has a pie-slice shaped shallow pan with a swollen, bulbous cross-section lip completely around the periphery thereof and a ... | 09/28/1999 |
| 5809586 | Device for washing crotch region of patient A device for washing the crotch region of a patient, including a base, a nozzle secured on the base for ejecting a washing liquid, a lower cushioning member provided on the base and having an opening so that the washing liquid ejected from the nozzle pass... | 09/22/1998 |
| 5363514 | Portable bedpan A portable bedpan operated by pump comprising a body including a water box, a remnant box, two filth boxes, and a vacuum pump, a pan engagable with the body, a pushing cylinder located in the body for pushing the bedpan and the front end of cylinder being... | 11/15/1994 |
| 5341526 | Personal hygiene care unit An apparatus for the hygiene care of a person confined to a bed, comprising an inflatable tub with two cavities therein that is easily placed under a person and inflated. The device is equipped with separate drains and aprons which create pockets that con... | 08/30/1994 |
| 4870710 | Body-liquid collecting and mattress protecting apparatus Apparatus for protecting a mattress from body-liquids and collecting the body-liquids which includes a flexible liquid-impervious laminated mattress pad within the layers of which is a tube accessed from the upper surface of the pad through holes and also... | 10/03/1989 |
| 4752293 | Barrier cushion for incontinent patients and urine collection system comprising the same A cushion construction for positioning below a patient suffering from incontinence which is hygenic to use and which does not require permanent modification of a mattress or seat on which it is to be used is formed as a resilient body, particularly a foam... | 06/21/1988 |
| 4747166 | Fluid aspiration system for the management of urinary incontinence A urine aspiration system for the management of urinary incontinence comprising an absorptive pad adapted to temporarily receive and retain urine until it is drawn from the pad by an associated vacuum source. The pad comprises an absorptive core encased w... | 05/31/1988 |
| 4677700 | Lavatory hospital bed A hospital bed with a built-in toilet to be used in conjunction with disposable sanitary diaper funnels which comprises a mattress with a recess in its center portion, a ring shaped comfort cushion for sitting on while using the bathroom which fits into t... | 07/07/1987 |
| 4621380 | Toilet assemblies The invention or inventions involve various sanitary toilet systems, assemblies, subassemblies, embodiments or structures comprising components, the majority of which are relatively light in weight, readily constructed or formed into the shapes and dimens... | 11/11/1986 |
| 4536902 | Toilet assemblies The invention or inventions involve various sanitary toilet systems, assemblies, subassemblies, embodiments or structures comprising components, the majority of which are relatively light in weight, readily constructed or formed into the shapes and dimens... | 08/27/1985 |
| 4445235 | Stool specimen collector A stool specimen collector for collecting a medical patient's feces for laboratory examination and test, the collector having a subtantially impervious receptacle with a pair of side straps having an adhesive surface portion for contact adhesion to the to... | 05/01/1984 |
| 4437195 | Self-inflating bedpan A self-inflating bedpan having means for readily, manually inflating the bedpan after it is positioned beneath a patient.... | 03/20/1984 |
| 4368548 | Nestable undercut bedpan An injection-molded nestable bedpan having a cavity defining a receptacle formed by a bottom wall and a tapered upright wall, and a seat formed at the upper edge of said upright wall. The tapered upright wall includes opposed sidewall segments and opposed... | 01/18/1983 |
| 4270231 | Portable male urinal with drain means A portable male urinal for use by bed-ridden patients is shown furnished with a drain hose to empty the contents of the urinal by gravity into a lower collection bag or receptacle. The end wall of the urinal has a recessed wall portion that supports a dra... | 06/02/1981 |
| 3974533 | Disposable enema evacuant collection system This is a disposable enema evacuant collection system comprising a bedpan having an interior bottom surface sloping toward a large discharge opening and a transparent plastic multi-compartmented receptacle with a conduit extending therebetween, and having... | 08/17/1976 |