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EP-3815654-B1 - BODY FLUID COLLECTION DEVICE

EP3815654B1EP 3815654 B1EP3815654 B1EP 3815654B1EP-3815654-B1

Inventors

  • YANG, KUOHUANG

Dates

Publication Date
20260513
Application Date
20190620

Claims (15)

  1. A body fluid collection device (10), comprising: a first sheet (11), provided with a first opening (12) and comprising a first surface (S1) and a second surface (S2); an adhesive layer (13), disposed on the first surface (S1) of the first sheet (11); a second sheet (21), provided with a second opening (22) and comprising a third surface (S3) and a fourth surface (S4), the third surface (S3) being connected to the second surface (S2) of the first sheet (11) with a first closed strip-shaped region (1121), an outer edge of the first closed strip-shaped region (1121) being located between an edge of the first sheet (11) and the first opening (12); and a third sheet (31), provided with a fifth surface (S5) and a sixth surface (S6), the fifth surface (S5) being connected to the fourth surface (S4) of the second sheet (21) with a second closed strip-shaped region (2131), so that an edge of the third sheet (31) is connected to an edge of the second sheet (21) in an enclosed manner so as to form a bag body having an opening; characterised in that the first sheet (11) has a thickness of less than 0.1 mm and in that it comprises a structure support unit (14), which extends along the edge of the first opening (12), and is disposed on the second surface (S2) of the first sheet (11), wherein the structure support unit (14) substantially maintains a shape of the first opening (12), and substantially prevents forming wrinkles at the edge of the first opening (12); and therefore, a body fluid is prevented from leaking out from the edge of the first sheet (11) through the wrinkles of the edge of the first opening (12).
  2. The body fluid collection device (10) according to claim 1, wherein the first opening (12) is smaller than or equal to the second opening (22) so that the opening of the bag body is the first opening (12), and the edge of the second opening (22) is located between the first opening (12) and the inner edge of the first closed strip-shaped region (1121) or coincide with the first opening (12) and in the bag body, the edge of the second opening (22) is separated from the edge of the first opening (12).
  3. The body fluid collection device (10) according to claim 1, wherein at least part of the edge of the third sheet (31) and at least part of the edge of the second sheet (21) are connected as a result of using a continuous material during manufacturing.
  4. The body fluid collection device (10) according to claim 1, wherein at least one rope hole (17) or button hole is formed within the second closed strip-shaped region (2131).
  5. The body fluid collection device (10) according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the outer edge of the first closed strip-shaped region (1121) is smaller than the edge of the first sheet (11) and is smaller than the edge of the second sheet (21), so that the edge of the first sheet (11) is separated from the edge of the second sheet (21).
  6. The body fluid collection device (10) according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the first sheet (11), the second sheet (21), and the third sheet (31) are each a soft sheet which is flat, arc-surface, or partly flat and partly arc-surface in natural state, and is made of an elastic or non-elastic material.
  7. The body fluid collection device (10) according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the first sheet (11) is made of a sticky material.
  8. The body fluid collection device (10) according to any one of claims 1 to 4, further comprising a structure support unit (14), which extends along the edge of the first sheet (11).
  9. The body fluid collection device (10) according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein a spacer is disposed between the fourth surface (S4) of the second sheet (21) and the fifth surface (S5) of the third sheet (31), so that the fourth surface (S4) of the second sheet (21) and the fifth surface (S5) of the third sheet (31) do not come into fully contact with each other and do not form a closed space inside the bag body, and the spacer has a three-dimensional structure and comprises at least one of the following components: a bubble wrap (151), a corrugated board (152), and one or more tubular elements (153).
  10. The body fluid collection device (10) according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the fourth surface (S4) of the second sheet (21) is partially connected to the fifth surface (S5) of the third sheet (31), dividing the bag body into two spaces which are in communication with each other through a passage, a spacer is further disposed in the passage so that the two spaces of the bag body are in communication with each other through the spacer, and the spacer is a unidirectional element (16) having a one-way flow guiding function and comprises at least one of the following components: a one-way valve and a flow meter.
  11. The body fluid collection device (10) according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the second sheet (21) and the third sheet (31) are each a rounded rectangle having a long symmetry axis and a short symmetry axis, and the opening is provided at a middle point of the long symmetry axis or adjacent to an end of the long symmetry axis.
  12. The body fluid collection device (10) according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the first sheet (11) is provided with at least one arc-shaped notch or is provided with a petal-shaped edge so as to well fit a non-planar surface.
  13. The body fluid collection device (10) according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the body fluid collection device (10) further comprises at least one drainage tube (18), which is connected to the second sheet (21) or the third sheet (31) of the bag body, so that inside of the bag body is in communication with outside of the bag body through the drainage tube (18), and the drainage tube (18) is configured in such a manner that: the second closed strip-shaped region (2131) has an open part, and the drainage tube (18) passes through the open part and is then sandwiched between the second sheet (21) and the third sheet (31); or the second sheet (21) or the third sheet (31) is provided with at least one the flow guiding opening, and the drainage tube (18) is disposed corresponding to the flow guiding opening, wherein one end of the drainage tube (18) is provided with a brim portion (181), which is substantially perpendicular to an axial direction of the drainage tube (18), surrounds the drainage tube (18), and is connected to the third surface (S3) of the second sheet (21) or the sixth surface (S6) of the third sheet (31).
  14. The body fluid collection device (10) according to claim 13, wherein the drainage tube (18) comprises a cap (19), and the drainage tube (18) is configured to be opened or closed in one of the following manners: the cap (19) and the drainage tube (18) are threadedly engaged with each other; one of the cap (19) and the drainage tube (18) is provided with a flange and the other is provided with a concave edge, so that the two are engaged with each other; and one of the cap (19) and the drainage tube (18) is plugged into the other by means of material elasticity and friction.
  15. A body fluid collection device (10), comprising: a first sheet (11), provided with a first opening (12) and comprising a first surface (S1) and a second surface (S2); an adhesive layer (13), disposed on the first surface (S1) of the first sheet (11); a second sheet (21), provided with a second opening (22) and comprising a third surface (S3) and a fourth surface (S4), the third surface (S3) being connected to the second surface (S2) of the first sheet (11) with a first closed strip-shaped region (1121), an outer edge of the first closed strip-shaped region (1121) being located between an edge of the first sheet (11) and the first opening (12); and a third sheet (31), provided with a fifth surface (S5) and a sixth surface (S6), the fifth surface (S5) being connected to the fourth surface (S4) of the second sheet (21) with a second closed strip-shaped region (2131), so that an edge of the third sheet (31) is connected to an edge of the second sheet (21) in an enclosed manner so as to form a bag body having an opening; characterised in that the first sheet (11) has a thickness of less than 0.1 mm; further characterised in that the second sheet (21) or the third sheet (31) has a perimeter of less than 180 mm and a thickness of less than 0.1 mm, and the bag body has a volume of less than 20 mL; and further characterised in that the body fluid collection device (10) further comprises a structure support unit (14), extending along the edge of the first sheet (11).

Description

BACKGROUND Technical Field The present invention relates to a body fluid collection device, and more particularly to a collection device for collecting milk, urine or semen. Related Art It is difficult to collect timely body fluids which cannot be controlled, such as breast milk of nursing mothers, urine of infants and young children for testing, urine of urinary incontinence patients, and semen collected for reproductive testing. Such collection procedures often result in pollution to clothes and bedding as well as embarrassment of clients and collectors. Although there have been several solutions for the collection of such body fluids in the prior art, such as milk collection covers, urine bags connected with catheters of various diameters, stickup urine collection bags for babies, or condoms, these prior art fluid collection devices still have many shortcomings. For example, nursing mothers have to constantly change the anti-galactorrhea pad, urinary incontinence patients have to constantly change thick diapers or carry an indwelling urinary catheter to guide urine to a urine bag, and semen to be collected needs to be accurately injected into a small container. Because these prior art body fluid collection devices are designed to be able to be repeatedly adhered/removed, the adhesive strength may decrease after being used. As a result, after receiving an amount of body fluid, the body fluid collection device may fall off due to insufficient adhesive strength. This is a problem to be solved in the prior art. In addition, another problem commonly seen in the prior art is that the position to be adhered is not always a continuous flat surface, for example, female breasts or male and female external genitals are not continuous flat surfaces, and during adhesion, the adhesive part of the body fluid collection device does not fit the body surface and may deform, and movement of the user may also affect the firmness of adhesion. Therefore, how to make the body fluid collection device easily fit the curved body surface and adapt to movement of the user is also a problem to be solved in the prior art. In addition, another problem commonly seen in the prior art is that in use, the body fluid infiltrates into the adhesive part of the body fluid collection device, leading to a decreased adhesive strength and falling of the device. Therefore, how to improve the prior art so that the collected body fluid does not easily infiltrate into the adhesive site is also a problem to be solved. US 5,706,673 discloses a toilet flushable ostomy pouch comprises predetermined height and width convergent sidewalls and adhesive attachment to stoma with flexible plastics sheet. SUMMARY In view of the above problems, the present invention provides a body fluid collection device, which is easy to adhere to the human body and does not easily peel off, and is capable of collecting various body fluids such as milk, urine or semen while preventing leakage which may lead to contamination. To achieve the above objectives, the present invention provides a body fluid collection device as set out in the claims. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of a body fluid collection device according to the present invention;FIG. 2A to FIG. 2C are schematic diagrams of the body fluid collection device from different viewing angles;FIG. 3A and FIG. 3B are schematic diagrams of another embodiment of the body fluid collection device;FIG. 4A to FIG. 4C are schematic diagrams of different aspects of the opening of the bag body of the body fluid collection device;FIG. 5A to FIG. 5D are schematic diagrams of showing a method of use and effects of the body fluid collection device;FIG. 6A and FIG. 6B are schematic diagrams of another embodiment of the body fluid collection device;FIG. 7 is a schematic diagram of another embodiment of the body fluid collection device according to the present invention;FIG. 8A and FIG. 8B are schematic diagrams of another embodiment of the body fluid collection device;FIG. 9 is a schematic diagram of another embodiment of the body fluid collection device according to the present invention;FIG. 10A to FIG. 10C are schematic diagrams showing that the body fluid collection device includes a spacer;FIG. 11A and FIG. 11B are schematic diagrams showing that the body fluid collection device includes a unidirectional element;FIG. 12A and FIG. 12B are schematic diagrams showing that the body fluid collection device is provided with a rope hole;FIG. 13 is a schematic diagram of another embodiment of the body fluid collection device according to the present invention;FIG. 14A to FIG. 14C are schematic diagrams showing that the body fluid collection device includes a drainage tube; andFIG. 15A to FIG. 15E are schematic diagrams of steps of using another embodiment of the body fluid collection device of the present invention. DETAILED DESCRIPTION Specific implementations of the present invention are described below wit