Disposable enema evacuant collection system

Claim 1

A disposable enema evacuant collection system comprising a bedpan having a large discharge opening, and an interior bottom surface sloping toward said opening a flexible plastic receptacle and, a conduit extending between the discharge opening and the receptacle valve means for controlling the flow through said conduit, a discharge opening in the bottom of said receptacle for dumping the evacuant from said receptacle, said receptacle having a plurality of compartments therein, said conduit having a plurality of branches respectively delivering to said compartments, said valve means including means for selectively controlling flows into the desired branch to control the compartment into which the evacuant is discharged, and each compartment having a separate discharge opening in the bottom thereof, and a separate specimen-collecting rigid container removably attached to the bottom of one of said compartments and closed at one end and open at the other end, a threaded exterior portion on both ends of said container, and a cooperatively threaded interior portion formed at the discharge opening of said compartment for removably attaching said container thereto and a closure cap normally threadably attached at the closed end of said rigid container, but removable therefrom for closure attachment to the open end of the container after removal from the receptacle.