Fecal management methods and apparatuses (e.g., devices, systems, etc.) are described herein. The fecal management apparatuses may apply one or more fecal removal cycles of suction and irrigation (and in some examples air) to actively remove fecal material. The apparatus may control the timing of delivery of the fecal removal cycles as well as the parameters of the applied suction, irrigation and/or air within and between fecal removal cycles.

A device and a method for a lavage-type introduction of a stool transplant or of another, local or topically effective substance through the anus into the colon of a patient, wherein the substance to be introduced is flushed also into the upper parts of the colon of the patient in a torrent-like manner through correspondingly large-lumen catheters; said device comprises an ano-rectal placed head part remaining inside the patient from the beginning until the end of the application and a system of exchangeable bags, which are connectable to the head part, whereby two different types of bags can be applied, one of which is designed for the cleaning lavage, while the another is designed for the introduction of a substance or a transplant.

A stool management system having a tubular body including a first end section disposable in a rectum of a patient and a second end section including a first connector which detachably mates with a second connector coupled to a collection container which receives waste matter passed through the tubular body from the bowel of the patient.

The present invention relates to an apparatus for removing, in a manner that is as odor-free as possible, intestinal gas or other malodorous gases as part of a system for the closed, preferably continuous, removal and/or collection of stools or other strongly odor-forming excretions or secretions from the human or animal body, wherein the stool or the removed excretions or secretions are guided outside the body through a hose-like or tube-like structure which, in addition to an inflow port and an outflow port and a passage region that connects said ports and is intended for the passage of stool or other excretions or secretions, has a branch where intestinal gas or other malodorous gases are separated from the stool or the other excretions or secretions and are conducted through an adsorption and/or filter device to an outlet, wherein at least some regions of the adsorption and/or filter device are spaced apart from the passage region in order to prevent, as far as possible, close contact with the stool or other excretions or secretions flowing through the passage region.

An example catheter includes a tubular body portion and a cuff. The tubular body portion has a proximal end portion and a distal end portion. The distal end portion defines a distal face of the tubular body portion. The cuff is mounted to the distal end portion and defines a distal face of the cuff. In certain embodiments, the tubular body portion terminates within the cuff such that the distal face of the body portion is positioned proximally of the distal face of the cuff. In certain embodiments, a pocket is formed between the cuff and the body portion. In certain embodiments, the body portion is more rigid than the cuff.

There is provided a colon cleaning device comprising: a tube through which liquid and fecal matter are removed from a colon of a patient, the tube having a longitudinal axis; a cleaning head positioned at the distal end of the tube, the cleaning head having at least one opening coaxial with the longitudinal axis, the at least one opening sized for fecal matter to enter the interior of the cleaning head from the colon; at least one disassembly element disposed within the cleaning head; and an actuating mechanism which actuates the disassembly element to perform sweeping displacement inside the cleaning head so that the at least one disassembly element rotates around the longitudinal axis to slice through the fecal matter; wherein the cleaning head and the tube are sized and shaped to be displaced along the colon of a patient.

A stool management system having a tubular body including a first end section disposable in a rectum of a patient and a second end section including a first connector which detachably mates with a second connector coupled to a collection container which receives waste matter passed through the tubular body from the bowel of the patient.

Fecal management methods and apparatuses (e.g., devices, systems, etc.) may apply one or more fecal removal cycles of suction and irrigation (and in some examples air) to actively remove fecal material. The apparatus may control the timing of delivery of the fecal removal cycles as well as the parameters of the applied suction, irrigation and/or air within and between fecal removal cycles.

Disclosed is an auxiliary apparatus for fecal bypass for bypassing and discharging feces in the intestines.

Since supporting portions are connected to a single air flow tube to simultaneously expand when air is injected, and the size of the supporting portions is limited, the auxiliary apparatus for fecal bypass of the present invention does not damage the inner wall and outer wall (mucous membrane and serous membrane) of the intestines.

Also, the present invention comprises a liquid moving tube allowing a therapeutic liquid being refluxed quickly and automatically when the pressure inside the intestines increases, thereby preventing abdominal pain of a patient.

The invention is directed to a catheter-like system which dwells temporarily or even continuously in the body of a patient and which serves for the closed delivery and/or discharge of odour-intensive substances, wherein the release of foul-smelling substances is reduced to the greatest possible extent by the system wall having a multi-layer structure that incorporates a proportion of barrier materials, and an odour-neutral decompression of gaseous fractions arising in the body and discharged into the system is ensured. The system comprises in particular a structure like a tubular film, by which an internal space to be reached in the body is connected to a container, arranged outside the body, for receiving the respective substances that are to be delivered and/or discharged. At the end positioned inside the body, the tube structure is provided with a retaining and/or sealing balloon element, which secures the system in the body. All of the film-based constituent parts of the system that are arranged outside the body, including the film-like delivering and/or discharging tube structure and the container preferably configured in the form of a bag, incorporate at least one barrier-producing layer of ethylene vinyl alcohol copolymer (EVOH), polyvinylidene chloride (PVDC) and/or polyamide (PA), which is combined with at least one carrier layer made of a robust, mechanically loadable, preferably elastic material, for example polyurethane (PUR). The system moreover ensures a continuous decompression of gaseous constituents from the internal space of the system, by a degassing device which is arranged in a particular manner relative to the delivering and/or discharging lumen and by which the adsorbing or filtering, degassing unit is protected against direct exposure to the substances that are to be delivered and/or discharged.