Patent ID: 7351234
Filing Date: 2008-04-01
Classification: A61G

Abstract:
1. A urine collecting and disposal system, comprising: (h) a source for producing a subatmospheric pressure; (i) a reservoir to which is applied subatmospheric pressure from said subatmospheric pressure source, (j) a urine transport tube in valved fluid communication with said reservoir; (k) a normally closed transport tube valve operatively arranged with respect to said transport tube, for valving fluid communication of said reservoir with said transport tube to allow or disallow subatmospheric pressure from said reservoir in said transport tube distally from said valve; (l) a urine receptacle in fluid communication with an end of said transport tube distal from said transport tube valve and said reservoir, said receptacle having access to atmospheric air, for receiving urine from a urine donor; (m) a switch associated with said urine receptacle for switching said transport tube valve open or closed; (n) a urine discharger for removal and disposal of urine from said reservoir without exposing said reservoir to atmospheric pressure, said discharger including an inlet in fluid communication with said reservoir for receiving urine at subatmospheric pressure, an outlet in conductive communication with said inlet, and an occlusive device operatively arranged in said discharger between said inlet and outlet for being sealingly closeable closing said inlet to maintain the inlet at subatmospheric pressure allowing said, and an outlet to be exposed to atmospheric pressure for discharging the urine distal to said occlusive device at atmospheric pressure when said inlet is sealingly closed; and (o) a sanitation wash including: