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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 03, 2004
Filed:
Jul. 10, 2000
Malcolm Ian Falconer, London, GB;
Bristol-Myers Squibb Company, Princeton, NJ (US);
Abstract
A pouch includes a front wall ( ), a rear wall ( ) having an entrance aperture ( ), and a central partition ( ). The partition divides the pouch into an entrance chamber ( ) and a collection chamber ( ) located one in front of the other. A pad ( ) of superabsorbent material is located in the collection chamber ( ) and extends above the lower level of the entrance aperture ( ). In use, urine entering the pouch is directed downwardly and through a lower permeable region ( ) of the partition, whereafter it is absorbed and gelled by the superabsorbent material pad. The urine is also wicked upwardly by the pad ( ) so that the full height of the pouch can be used as a liquid-collection region.