Patent ID: 8546639
Filing Date: 2013-10-01
Classification: A61F,A61G

Abstract:
1. A urine suction device comprising: a urine receiver unit adapted to be put on the wearer's body so as to face the wearer's urethral orifice and its peripheral skin; and a urine detector unit attached to said urine receiver unit adapted to be interposed between said skin and said urine receiver unit and to detect urine from said urethral orifice, wherein said urine receiver unit and said urine detector unit are connected to a vacuum suction means provided separately of them so that said vacuum suction means is actuated on the basis of a detection signal output from said urine detector unit to suck urine into said urine receiver unit, said urine detector unit comprising a pair of electrode assemblies sandwiched between a cushion sheet and a spacer that are liquid-pervious and extending in parallel in one direction and spaced from each other so as to output said detection signal when said urine detector unit is wetted with said urine; said cushion sheet is interposed between said pair of electrode assemblies and said urine receiver unit, and said spacer is interposed between said pair of electrode assemblies and said skin; said cushion sheet and said spacer are put flat and joined together about outermost side edges of said pair of electrode assemblies so as to form joint zones along which said cushion sheet and said spacer are locally thinned and said spacer is water repellent so as not to suck urine; and said cushion sheet and said spacer are kept in close contact with each other along said joint zones and in the vicinity of said joint zones.