Disposable Bedpan Bag With Tear-Off Receptacle for Hygienic Handling
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current bedpan systems for bedridden individuals are unhygienic, time-consuming, and space-demanding, requiring extensive handling, cleaning, and storage, with limited innovation in reducing these challenges.
Innovation Solution
A disposable bedpan bag system with a tear-off edge and adhesive fixing means for easy placement and removal, eliminating the need for traditional bedpans and sluice rooms, allowing for simplified and hygienic waste management.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If traditional bedpans are used, then they can be reused and cleaned, but they require extensive cleaning, sterilising, and storage space
Solution Approach 1:
The patent employs disposable bedpan bags that are discarded after single use, eliminating the need for cleaning, sterilising, and storage infrastructure. The fixing part is designed to be easily detached and disposed of with the receptacle portion, converting a reusable system into a disposable one that reduces complexity and space requirements.
2Strength
If traditional bedpans are used, then they provide durable containment, but they are time-consuming to handle, empty, and clean
Solution Approach 1:
The disposable bedpan bag eliminates time-consuming cleaning and handling procedures by being discarded after single use. The receptacle portion can be quickly detached from the fixing part, allowing rapid replacement without the time investment required for cleaning and sterilising traditional bedpans.
Solution Approach 2:
The bedpan bag is divided into two main segments: the fixing part that attaches to the bedpan chair and the receptacle portion that contains waste. This segmentation allows the receptacle to be quickly detached and removed without handling the entire assembly, reducing handling time while maintaining containment integrity during use.
3Quantity of substance
If the tear-off edge is closer to the bottom of the receptacle portion, then more waste can be contained, but the fixing part becomes larger and more difficult to position
Solution Approach 1:
The bedpan bag exhibits local quality variations: the fixing part is designed with specific adhesive properties and dimensional characteristics optimized for attachment to the bedpan chair, while the receptacle portion is designed with sufficient volume for waste containment. The tear-off edge creates a clear separation between these functionally distinct zones, allowing each to be optimized independently.
Solution Approach 2:
The fixing part is pre-designed and pre-positioned on the bedpan chair before the receptacle portion is attached. This preliminary action ensures accurate positioning and proper adhesion, allowing the receptacle to be subsequently attached without compromising positioning accuracy, even though the tear-off edge is located closer to the bottom.
4Object-affected harmful factors
If the bedpan bag covers the entire opening in the seat, then hygiene is improved, but the fixing part becomes larger and more complex
Solution Approach 1:
The disposable nature of the bedpan bag allows it to be designed as a simple, single-piece structure that covers the entire seat opening for hygienic protection. Unlike reusable systems that require complex disassembly and cleaning mechanisms, the disposable bag maintains full coverage throughout use and is then discarded as a complete unit, reducing structural complexity.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
The bedpan bag system significantly reduces the time, space, and hygiene challenges associated with traditional bedpan systems, providing a practical, economical, and hygienic solution by allowing for easy disposal and eliminating the need for extensive cleaning and storage.
Implementation Method 1
the bedpan bag further, preferably at the top, includes a fixing part that includes fixing means in the form of adhesives for fixing the fixing part to the bedpan chair seat
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AI summary
A bedpan system suited for use in a bedpan chair (1) and constituted by a bedpan bag (4) with a top (5), a bottom (8), an outer side (12) and an inner side (15), the bedpan bag (4) including at least one receptacle portion (9) between the inner side (15) and the bottom (8) for receiving faeces and/or urine, wherein the bedpan bag (4) further, preferably at the top, includes a fixing part (6) that includes fixing means (11) in the form of adhesives for fixing the fixing part (6) to the bedpan chair (1), wherein the bedpan bag (4) further includes a tear-off edge (17) for separating the receptacle portion (9) from the fixing part (6), the tear-off edge (17) being closer to the fixing part (6) than the bottom (8) of the receptacle portion (9), and where the tear-off edge (17), for example, is prepared as perforation or other pre-pressed deformation of the bag.