An ostomy appliance (10) including first and second walls (12, 14) connected to each other at or near their peripheries, the first wall having a stoma-receiving opening (16), and a waste collecting cavity defined between the first and second walls, wherein the second wall includes an outlet (20) which communicates with the cavity, and wherein the appliance includes a blocking member (50) moveable between a first position in which the outlet is blocked or substantially blocked and a second position in which the outlet is unblocked or substantially unblocked.

A urine collection system includes a first fluid collection device with (i) a first internal cavity, (ii) a first inlet in fluid communication with the first internal cavity, and (iii) a first outlet in fluid communication with the first internal cavity. The urine collection system further includes a tube in fluid communication with the first outlet. The urine collection system further includes a second fluid collection device with (i) a second internal cavity, (ii) a permeable membrane positioned within the second internal cavity, thereby separating the second internal cavity into a first chamber and a second chamber, (iii) a second inlet in fluid communication with the first internal cavity, and (iv) a second outlet in fluid communication with the second inlet of the second fluid collection device.

A female urinary device including a urine stream collection container having a discharge opening and a stream collection opening, the stream collection opening being configured to surround and isolate a urethral opening, an internal baffle that cooperates with at least a urine sample container to provide a spillway to the discharge opening, where the spillway provides urine passage to a collection tank, and a probe configured for interior engagement with a vaginal opening for placement of the stream collection opening relative to the urethra opening.

An improved urine collection bag assembly is presented. The improved urine collection bag assembly of the present invention features a one-way flow control valve to prevent the backflow of urine into a urinary catheter and subsequently, into a patient's bladder. The improved urine collection bag also features at a lower end a urine sampling valve. In the exemplary embodiment, the one-way flow control valve is a flap style valve and the sampling valve is a slider style valve.

A system suitable for collecting and transporting urine away from the body of a person or animal may include an assembly having a fluid impermeable casing having a fluid reservoir at a first end, a fluid outlet at a second end, and a longitudinally extending fluid impermeable layer coupled to the fluid reservoir and the fluid outlet and defining a longitudinally elongated opening between the reservoir and the outlet. The assembly can further include a fluid permeable support disposed within the casing with a portion extending across the elongated opening, and a fluid permeable membrane disposed on the support and covering at least the portion of the support that extends across the elongated opening, so that the membrane is supported on the support and disposed across the elongated opening. The assembly can further include a tube having a first end disposed in the reservoir and a second, fluid discharge end.

The present invention relates to a valve system for an inflatable portion of an indwelling medical device and more particularly to a valve system for fluid regulation of a catheter comprising a fluid inflatable portion that undergoes pressure changes within the body during use.

Methods and materials related to ostomy devices, and particularly to valves for use with continent ostomies (e.g., ileostomies) are provided herein.

A male external urine collection device includes an inner member and an external member. The inner member includes an upper sleeve with a first opening and a second opening respectively at the upper sleeve's two ends, a ring encircling an opening and fringing the first opening, and a lower mesh joined to the second opening. The external member accommodates the upper sleeve and the lower mesh, where the upper sleeve and the lower mesh are threaded through a first end of the external member, and the external member has an outlet at a second end opposite to the first end for urine collection.

Disclosed herein are embodiments of a sanitary fitting for coupling a fluid conduit to a flexible container to facilitate sterile transfer therebetween, and methods of making and using such a sanitary fitting, whereby the sanitary fitting includes a first annular member having a first annular member bore extending between first annular member first and second ends, the first annular member second end terminating in a flange radially outwardly extending therefrom, the flange comprising a substantially planar face; a second annular member having a second annular member bore extending between second annular member first and second ends, the second annular member couplable to the first annular member to axially align the first and second annular member bores to provide a first fluid flow passageway; and a valve coupled to the second annular member, the valve operable to interrupt fluid flow through a fluid flow path which includes the first fluid flow passageway.

A flow stopper preventing the backflow of urine comprises a urinary catheter connector, a flow stopping valve, and a urinary bag connector. The flow stopping valve is a membrane material. A flow channel runs through the front and rear ends of the flow stopping valve. The flow channel is provided with a front-end inlet and a rear-end outlet. The front-end inlet is in communication with a valve port of the urinary catheter connector. The rear-end outlet is a flat slit. A channel of the urinary bag connector is provided with a front-end port and a rear-end port connected to a tube of a urinary bag. The flow stopping valve is arranged within the channel. Moreover, the rear-end outlet of the flow channel faces the rear-end port of the channel. The flow stopper can prevent the backflow of the urine and prevent a patient from being infected.