Classifications

• • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
  • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
  • A61G—TRANSPORT, PERSONAL CONVEYANCES, OR ACCOMMODATION SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR PATIENTS OR DISABLED PERSONS; OPERATING TABLES OR CHAIRS; CHAIRS FOR DENTISTRY; FUNERAL DEVICES
  • A61G9/00—Bed-pans, urinals or other sanitary devices for bed-ridden persons; Cleaning devices therefor, e.g. combined with toilet-urinals
  • A61G9/003—Bed-pans

Definitions

• This invention relates to bedpans for use by hospital patients or other bedridden persons.
• a traditional bedpan for use by bedridden patients is comprised of a shallow hard plastic or metal open topped pan having a relatively wide rim on which the patient rests during use. While the rim is generally contoured, or even in some cases padded so as to reduce patient discomfort, at best, prior art bedpans are uncomfortable and disagreeable to use. Accordingly, it is an object of the present invention to provide a bedpan which is substantially more comfortable for the patient than prior art bedpans.
• the present invention is comprised of a shallow pan of appropriate shape having a relatively narrow top rim and is preferably molded from a hard plastic material. Instead of the usual wide rim for bearing the weight of the patient which is found in prior art bedpans, the present invention provides a sheet of flexible plastic or rubberlike material across a portion of the top opening on which the patient rests his or her hips.
• the plastic hip support readily conforms to the shape of the patient's body and provides a relatively large support area for the patient so that his or her comfort is substantially enhanced.
• FIGURE 1 is a perspective view of a bedpan according to the present invention.
• FIGURE 2 is a top plan view of the invention.
• FIGURE 3 is a left side view of the invention.
• FIGURE 4 is a rear view of the invention.
• FIGURE 5 is a cross sectional view taken at 5-5 of FIGURE 2.
• the invented bedpan is preferably molded from a hard plastic material, but can be fabricated from metal if desired.
• the pan portion 10 is relatively shallow and includes a relatively narrow flat lip 11 at the back and in the other areas of the pan which will come into contact with a patient's body.
• the pan is relatively wide where the patient's hips and upper buttocks area is supported (12) but narrows down in the area 13 so that the patient's thighs will be outside the pan.
• the body area at the top of the patient's thigh just below the buttocks rests on lip 11.
• the lip 11 at the rear of the bedpan is contoured downward as can be seen in Figure 4 to generally fit the contour of a patient's body at the hips.
• a sheet of flexible plastic or rubberlike material, i.e., an elastomer, 14 is stretched tightly across the top of the pan 10 and is sealed to the lip 11.
• the sheet 14 extends sufficiently over the open top of the pan so that the majority of a patient's weight can be supported thereby, and relatively little need be supported on the rim 11.
• comfort is substantially enhanced.
• the attachment of sheet 14 to lip 11 can be accomplished either by heat sealing ' or by use of an adhesive. Corner 15, the intersection of sheet 14 with the pan proper should either be sharp in the area covered by the sheet, or if radiused, should be filled with some filler material so that no crevice remains where foreign matter can lodge.
• Lip 11 in the presently preferred embodiment disclosed herein is shown extending outward from the pan, however, an alternate construction with the lip extending inward is also possible, as also is a lipless construction wherein the sheet 14 is sealed to the pan 10 on the vertical construction, sheet 14 may be a molded piece having a downwardly extending periphery which can be attached to the sidewall of pan 10.
• the turned down edge 16 is an optional feature which is useful for grasping the bedpan to position it under the patient, or for carrying. It may or may not extend into the area 13, as desired.

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