Ostomy Drain Assembly With Flexible Conduit for Discreet Urine Drainage
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current ostomy bags require cumbersome and inaccurate methods for emptying, leading to spillage and lack of discretion during urine drainage, especially for male and female users.
Innovation Solution
A drain assembly with a flexible conduit and discharge valve that allows for discreet and accurate urine drainage by positioning the discharge valve outside the wearer's clothing, enabling use at urinals, toilets, or other receptacles.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Measurement precision
If a short valve or plug (about 1/2 inch) is used at the bottom of the bag, then the bag structure remains simple, but drainage accuracy deteriorates resulting in spillage and mess
Solution Approach 1:
The drain assembly is segmented into distinct components: a connector that attaches to the ostomy bag, a flexible conduit that extends from the connector, and a discharge valve positioned at the distal end of the conduit. This segmentation allows the valve to be positioned away from the bag body, improving drainage accuracy without overly complicating the overall device structure.
Solution Approach 2:
A flexible conduit acts as an intermediary element between the connector and the discharge valve. This intermediary component extends the distance between the bag and the valve, allowing for more accurate positioning of the discharge point while maintaining a manageable device configuration.
2Ease of operation
If the ostomy bag is emptied by pulling it out from clothing and holding the opening, then the device structure remains simple, but ease of operation deteriorates requiring cumbersome handling and reducing privacy
Solution Approach 1:
The discharge valve is extracted from the traditional bottom-positioned location and extended outward through the flexible conduit. This allows the valve to be positioned outside the clothing, enabling drainage without removing or manipulating the entire bag, thus improving ease of operation while maintaining a relatively simple overall structure.
Solution Approach 2:
The flexible conduit provides dynamic positioning capability, allowing the discharge valve to be maneuvered to various positions outside the clothing as needed. This dynamic flexibility improves ease of operation for different draining scenarios while keeping the device structure adaptable rather than rigidly complex.
3Measurement precision
If a long flexible conduit with discharge valve is used, then drainage accuracy and privacy are improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The flexible conduit is designed with specific local qualities - sufficient length to allow positioning outside clothing, but not excessively long to create unnecessary complexity. The conduit's flexibility and dimensions are optimized for the specific function of enabling accurate discharge positioning while maintaining a simple, manageable form factor.
Data Source
AI summary
A drain assembly and bar arrangement for elimination of urine waste. The drain assembly includes a connector configured to attach to a drain opening of a bag to collect urine waste, a flexible conduit extending from the connector, and a discharge valve attached to the flexible conduit at a distal end of the flexible conduit from the connector. The connector, flexible conduit and the discharge valve are arranged and disposed to be hidden from view by wearer's clothing and prevent leakage of urine waste when in a storage position and the discharge valve is positionable into a discharge position outside of the ostomy bag wearer's clothing for discharge of the urine waste.