Patent ID: 7717891

Claim:
A portable device for collecting body excrements and promoting hygiene for bed-ridden patients, said device comprising: a housing suitably sized and shaped for being transported between remote locations by an operator, said housing including a base member and a cover member removably conjoinable directly therewith, said base member including an open top end and further including a linear divider centrally position within a cavity of said base member for defining a pair of isolated and coextensively shaped chambers within said housing, said cover member including a divider directly mateable with said divider of said base member when said cover member is attached to said base member; means for locking said cover member to said base member; means for collecting body excrements from the patient, said collecting means being in fluid communication with another said chambers wherein the body excrements are automatically deposited therein without directly contacting a caregiver; and means for cleansing a selected portion of the patient, said cleansing means being in fluid communication with said one chamber, wherein one of said chambers maintains a constant air pressure level greater than an ambient air pressure level surrounding said one chamber when said cleansing means introduces air into said one chamber; wherein said cleansing means and said collecting means are independently and simultaneously operable such that a group of care givers can contemporaneously service the patient; wherein said collecting and cleansing means are electrically mated to an external power supply source.