US 11,980,566 B2
Delivery system for fecal management device
Amit Kumar Sharma, New Delhi (IN); Nishith Chasmawala, Surat (IN); and Shreyas Uday Dighe, Nagpur (IN)
Assigned to CM Technologies, Inc., San Diego, CA (US)
Appl. No. 17/424,922
Filed by CM Technologies, Inc., San Diego, CA (US)
PCT Filed Jan. 22, 2020, PCT No. PCT/IB2020/050487
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jul. 22, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/152595, PCT Pub. Date Jul. 30, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/795,036, filed on Jan. 22, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0104963 A1, Apr. 7, 2022
Int. Cl. A61F 5/451 (2006.01); A61M 25/04 (2006.01)
CPC A61F 5/451 (2013.01) [A61M 25/04 (2013.01); A61M 2202/068 (2013.01)] 11 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus for fecal management, comprising:
a device for collection of fecal discharge comprising an expansile retaining component configured for deployment within a subject's rectum and having an annular cross-section, said annular cross-section of the retaining component forming a fluid inlet into an open end of a collection component affixed to said retaining component and forming a receptacle for matter discharged from a subject's rectum, and
an insertion component for rectal insertion of the retaining component, said insertion component comprising an elongate shaft having a first end positioned proximal to the retaining component and a second end positioned distal to the retaining component;
wherein at least one of the retaining component and the elongate shaft are provided with a plurality of constraining members configured to releasably constrain the retaining component in a collapsed configuration against an external surface of the elongate shaft.