URINE COLLECTING BAG Russian patent published in 2014 - IPC A61F5/451 

FIELD: medicine.

SUBSTANCE: group of inventions refers to medical equipment and aims at urine collection. Urine collecting bag comprises an opening formed at an upper end and a closed bottom formed at an opposite lower end. A longitudinal direction of the bag is formed between the opening and closed bottom. A transversal direction of the bag is formed in a direction transversal to the longitudinal direction. An inlet is formed in the opening and extends from the opening along the length into the bag. The inlet represents an anti-reflux valve in the form of a film valve with four film layers welded together in the transversal direction. An inlet width is formed in the transversal direction between the seals with an inlet length formed as a film layer in the longitudinal direction. The most narrow inlet width is selected to be applicable with a urine catheter provided with a connector. A material of the urine collecting bag possesses some elasticity so that the narrowest width forms a seat surrounding the catheter connector. The group of inventions involves a package comprising the urine collecting bag and catheter having an inlet.

EFFECT: inventions enable evacuating the urinary bladder through a natural or artificial urinary tubule by individuals suffering lower mobility and urinary incontinence.

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