Patent ID: 6468254
Filing Date: 2002-10-22
Classification: A41D,A61F

Abstract:
An undergarment for hospital, nursing home and home-care use which comprises: an undergarment having a front, a rear, a waist and a crotch; said undergarment having a vertical slit extending from a bottom of the crotch upward to a top of said crotch thereby allowing the insertion of a catheter, and a vertical access opening located and extending directly above said catheter slit to said waist and wherein said opening has two trips of mating corresponding passive and aggressive hook and loop fasteners to open and close said opening when said garment is worn, said undergarment further comprising an inner pocket, attached to the waistband, with a U-shaped cutout which houses the flange of an ostomy bag, the ostomy bag being located inside the inner pocket, the inner pocket having at its bottom a detachable horizontal strip with corresponding passive and aggressive Velcro strips allowing it to be opened to expel accumulated bodily fluids.