Nova Patents
US2900979A

Bile bag

Abstract

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US2900979A, drawing sheet 1
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Term

Term ended

Expired 25 August 1976, 50.1 years ago.

  1. Priority and filed
  2. Granted
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  4. Today

3 claims: 3 independent, 0 dependent

  1. 1
    What is claimed as new is as follows:1. A bile bag comprising a receptacle formed of a tubular member having a lower end provided with a discharge opening, said lower end being sealed about said discharge opening, an inlet opening at the top of said tubular member, pairs of opposed trapezoidal sections of said tubular member being bonded to each other on either side of said inlet opening, an inlet pipe in said inlet opening, and a connector stem seated in said inlet pipe, slots in said trapezoidal sections, and a belt extending‘through said slots for supporting said bile bag.
  2. 2
    A bile bag comprising a receptacle formed of a tubular member having a lower end provided with a discharge opening, said lower end being sealed about said discharge opening, an inlet opening at the top of said 45 tubular member, pairs of opposed trapezoidal sections ofsaid tubular member being bonded to each other on either side of said inlet opening, an inlet pipe in said inlet opening, and a connector stem seated in said inlet pipe, slots in said trapezoidal sections, and a belt extending through said slots for supporting said bile bag, said stem having a collar forming a limit stop.
  3. 3
    A bile bag comprising a flattened tubular member of thin, flexible sheet material having its lower edge closed across substantially the entire width thereof and with a corner portion of such lower edge being open, means for selectively closing said open portion of the lower edge of the bag, the upper corners of said bag having substantial areas thereof physically joined together in flat face to face contact, each of said areas being of trapezoidal configuration and said areas extending from opposite sides of the bag toward the middle thereof and terminating in spaced relationship thereat to present an access opening into the bag, the lower side of each of said trapezoidal areas extending upwardly from its respective side edge of the bag toward said access opening to provide an inverted funnel-shaped portion immediately below said:access opening, each of said areas having a vertical slot therein disposed substantially parallel to said side edges of the bag, and belt means for carrying said bag and engaging the same through said slot. _ 4. The assembly as defined in claim 3 wherein a rigid: inlet pipe is fitted tightly, within said access opening to ex10 This invention relates to the class of surgical and « therapeutic appliances, and more particularly to a novel bile bag for use by a patient requiring bile drainage. : The primary object of the present invention resides in > the provision of a bile bag adapted to be utilized by a * patient in the need of bile drainage and which may be readily detachably secured about the abdomen or chest of the patient in a convenient manner. A further object of the present invention resides in the provision of a bile bag having a discharge outlet opening through which the contents of the bag may be allowed to pass, yet which discharge outlet may be closed in a convenient manner and which bile bag employs convenient means for attachment of the bile bag to the surgical tube jnserted in the patient for drainage. Still further objects and features of this invention reside in the provision of a bile bag that is simple in construction, which employs novel means for engagement with a belt for supporting the belt, and which is inexpensive to manufacture, thereby permitting wide distribution and utilization. These, together with the various ancillary objects and features of the invention which will become apparent as the following description proceeds, are attained by this bile bag, a preferred embodiment of which has been illustrated in the accompanying drawings, by way of ex- 40 ample only, wherein: Figure 1 is a perspective view of the bile bag comprising the present invention;Figure 2 is an enlarged horizontal sectional view as taken along the plane of line 2—2 in Figure 1;and Figure 3 is a vertical sectional detail view as taken along the plane of line 3—3 in Figure 1. With continuing, reference to the accompanying drawings wherein like reference numerals designate similar parts throughout the various views, reference numeral 50 10 generally designates the bile bag comprising the present invention. This bile bag 10 includes a receptacle 12 formed of a generally tubular member 14 which is sealed as at 16 at the lower edge thereof, yet which is provided with an outlet tube 18 formed by the end wall 20 of the 55 L tubular member 14 and the sealed portions 22. This I discharge or outlet tube 18 is adapted to be closed by a suitable clip 23 after the tube has been folded back upon t itself to form a closure. At the upper end of the cylindrical member 14, there 60 are opposed pairs of trapezoidal-shaped sections 24, 26, 28 and 30 which are bonded to each other by heat bonding, or by any other suitable means, such as adhesive bonding or the like, with the lower edges, as at 32 and 34, of the trapezoidal-shaped sections defining the upper edge 65 of the container portion of the receptacle 12. Further, the trapezoidal-shaped sections are arranged on either side of the inlet opening 36 to the receptacle 12, the inlet opening having a suitable fitting 38 forming an inlet pipe. Received in the upper end of the inlet pipe 38 is 70 a connector stem 40 having an opening 42 therethrough and being provided with an annular collar 44 which is 2,900,979 3 tend substantially throughout the entire extent thereof, said belt means comprising a length of flat, flexible material projecting through one of said slots and behind said bag and into engagement therewith immediately ibehind the lower end portion of said inlet pipe and thence outwardly through the other slot so as to be passed about the body of a user. References Cited in the file of this.patent UNITED STATES PATENTS 1,696,763 Hare__________________Dec. 25,1928 2,520,831 Chincholl______________Aug. 29,1950 2,702,034 Walter________________Feb. 15,1955 FOREIGN PATENTS 12,509 Great Britain-------------Aug. 3, 1888
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