Patent ID: 6939332
Filing Date: 2005-09-06
Classification: A61F

Abstract:
1. Collection device comprising: a section of duct, destined to be connected to the rectum of a disabled person, an expansible container, connected to said section of the duct, and destined to collect faeces, and a shutter device interposed in the aforesaid section of duct and controlled by actuator means, wherein the collection device comprises a sensor of the evacuation stimulus or alternatively a sensor of the flow of material in the aforesaid section of the duct, and electronic control means suitable to process the electric signals emitted by said sensors and to consequently control opening and closing of the shutter device by means of the aforesaid actuator means, and wherein between the actuator means of the shutter device and the container a membrane to withhold evacuated gases can be interposed, which may be provided with a layer of activated carbon, acting as a filter.