Patent ID: 8480640

Claim:
A noninvasive bodily waste collection apparatus, comprising: a collection bag defining an interior chamber and having first and second openings; said collection bag being releasably attachable to a person whereby waste from said person is passed through said first opening and into said interior chamber; an evacuation tube having first and second sections, wherein said first section is positioned within said collection bag and at least a portion of said first section is directly attached to said collection bag whereby said at least a portion of said first section is fixed in position relative to said collection bag; said first section having at least one opening which communicates with said interior chamber for having waste pass from said interior chamber into said evacuation tube; said evacuation tube adapted for receiving vacuum pressure for drawing waste from said interior chamber into said evacuation tube, and wherein said at least a portion of said first section is at least 25% of said first section, measured as a percentage of length of said first section that is directly attached to said collection bag compared to total length of said first section.