초록 ▼

A shallow collection vessel with liquid sensors and a resilient lip allows air around the genital-urinary area when not activated. Liquid urine in the vessel causes the sensors to activate a vacuum pump drawing the lip against the body of the user for a liquid tight seal and pumping the urine from t

A shallow collection vessel with liquid sensors and a resilient lip allows air around the genital-urinary area when not activated. Liquid urine in the vessel causes the sensors to activate a vacuum pump drawing the lip against the body of the user for a liquid tight seal and pumping the urine from the vessel through a tube and one-way valve to a temporary storage tank. Close and random spacing of the sensors creates a very sensitive device activated when the device is in any spacial orientation which might cause urine to contact the body by a minimal amount of urine, effecting the vacuum pump to remain active evaporating the urine within the vessel until the vessel is substantially dry. Paired electrical contacts or paired fibre optic elements are alternate liquid sensor means. Liquid level indicators within the tank signal a desired level for emptying and cause the pump to shut off upon reaching a dangerously full level. A condensation collecting trap keeps liquid out of the pump. A charcoal filter prevents urine odor from entering the atmosphere and reduces the vacuum pump noise exiting to the outside. A quick release valve is used to empty the tank. Working elements are housed in a sound insulated enclosure, which may be a simulated carrying case or backpack for ease of mobility. Variable self-contained and remote D.C. and A.C. power sources are used.

대표청구항 ▼

An automatic in-place urine detecting, collecting and storing device for urinary incontinent users to maintain relative dryness adjacent to a user\s body, wherein the device comprises; an elongated collection vessel approximately conforming to the user\s urinary-genital area wherein the collection v

An automatic in-place urine detecting, collecting and storing device for urinary incontinent users to maintain relative dryness adjacent to a user\s body, wherein the device comprises; an elongated collection vessel approximately conforming to the user\s urinary-genital area wherein the collection vessel comprises: an interior collection surface lining the collection vessel; a top edge which faces the user\s body such that the interior collection surface surrounds the urinary-genital area upon putting the device on; an interior perimeter of the interior collection surface adjacent to the top edge immediately adjacent to the user\s body; a resilient elevated lip which surrounds the top edge; a flexible tube leading from the collection vessel to a separate temporary storage tank having a level sensing means and a rapid release valve to empty the tank; a vacuum pump means for drawing the urine from the collection vessel through the flexible tube into the storage tank, wherein a one-way valve is positioned between the tube and the tank to prevent liquid flow from the tank into the tube, and wherein the vacuum draws the lip of the collection vessel into liquid tight contact with the body of the user; a multiplicity of droplet-sensitive liquid sensing means randomly located within the collection vessel which cover the interior collection surface of the collection vessel and cover the interior perimeter of the collection surface and can detect droplets of liquid when the device is in any spatial orientation which might cause urine to contact the body, wherein upon detecting liquid urine within the collection vessel, the liquid sensing means activates the vacuum pump to create a vacuum in the storage tank drawing the urine from the collection vessel to the storage tank until the sensor no longer detects liquid in the collection vessel leaving the collection vessel relatively dry.