Invalid feces collecting and examination device for medical study of stool and examination of the genitalia

Claim 1

An invalid feces collecting device for medical study of stool and for encircling attachment to a patient reclining on an apertured mattress hospital bed and/or apertured seat chair comprising a panel of soft flexible material having a reduced midsection and flared opposing ends, a generally rectangular opening in said panel and of a size for exposing and providing examination access to the genitalia when said ends encircle the patient, means on and for interconnecting said ends, a generally circular anal opening in said panel spaced from and reduced in size with respect to said genitalia examining opening and of a size to be alignable with the anus, funnel shaped tubular chute means of soft flexible material on and depending from said panel and surrounding said anal opening, said chute having an open discharge end, adhesive means on said panel adjacent and generally rectangularly surrounding said anal opening for conformably adhering said opening area to the area around the anus, and transparent collecting bag means removably interconnected by disconnectable connecting means to said chute discharge end whereby feces entering through said anal opening will be discharged through said chute means and collected by said bag means for visual inspection therethrough and laboratory study, and whereupon removal of said bag permits rectal examinations.