{"id":3421,"date":"2014-05-23T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2014-05-22T22:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/t1421b96|7"},"modified":"2025-10-02T15:42:51","modified_gmt":"2025-10-02T13:42:51","slug":"tip-emptying-urine-bag-1421","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spinalistips.se\/en\/tip-emptying-urine-bag-1421","title":{"rendered":"Emptying urine bag"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure>\n<p><div style=\"width: 496px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/1421_96_kissa1_600.jpg\" alt=\"User in a wheelchair next to the floor drain in the shower. A hose hangs down from the wheelchair to the floor drain.\" width=\"486\" height=\"600\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">User empties urine bag in floor drain<\/p><\/div><\/figure>\n<p class=\"Beskr\">The user has a suprapubic catheter with urine bag. This invention enables him to empty the bag by himself.<br \/>\nThe invention consists of a long hose cut from a night urine bag that is connected to the urine bag, a white cone from a day bag (removable), a valve (Bard valve), and finally a 15 cm long hose (inside diameter 10 mm) from a hardware store.<br \/>\nThe entire system is attached to the wheelchair, where the user can easily reach it. He picks up the tube, opens the valve and empties the bag outdoors or in a floor drain in the shower.<\/p>\n<p class=\"bkom\"><strong>Users comments<\/strong><br \/>\nThe user wears his urine bag on the inside of his leg, which allows him to see when it&#8217;s time to empty the bag.<br \/>\nEach evening he flushes the system with water and wipes it down with alcohol. He replaces the entire system about every two weeks.<\/p>\n<p>The user chose the Bard valve because it is easy to handle. The last piece of tube has a sharp edge and prevents drops from coming on the outside.<\/p>\n<p class=\"tilv\"><strong>Made by<\/strong><br \/>\nThe user<\/p>\n<p class=\"Bekostad\"><strong>Paid for by<\/strong><br \/>\nThe user<\/p>\n<p class=\"idea\"><strong>Whose idea<\/strong><br \/>\nThe user<\/p>\n<figure>\n<p><div style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/1421_96_kissa2_600.jpg\" alt=\"A long hose with a valve attached to wheelchair.\" width=\"600\" height=\"426\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Emptying system attached to wheelchair<\/p><\/div><\/figure>\n<figure>\n<p><div style=\"width: 480px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/1421_96_kissa3_600.jpg\" alt=\"User holds the hose and opens the valve\" width=\"470\" height=\"600\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">User opens valve<\/p><\/div><\/figure>\n<figure>\n<p><div style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/1421_96_kissa4_600.jpg\" alt=\"Accessories for emptying system (tube from night bag, cone, Bard valve and extra tube)\" width=\"600\" height=\"422\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Accessories for emptying system (tube from night bag, cone, Bard valve and extra tube)<\/p><\/div><\/figure>\n<figure>\n<p><div style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/1421_96_kissa5_600.jpg\" alt=\"Hose attached to urine bag\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">&#8216;Emptying system&#8217; attached to urine bag<\/p><\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A method for people with high tetraplegia to independently empty their urine bag<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":96,"featured_media":54075,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[319],"tags":[463],"class_list":["post-3421","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tips-about-toileting-19","tag-authors_v7","et-has-post-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"acf":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/spinalistips.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/1421_96_kissa1_600.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/spinalistips.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3421","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/spinalistips.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/spinalistips.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spinalistips.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/96"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spinalistips.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3421"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/spinalistips.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3421\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":254158,"href":"https:\/\/spinalistips.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3421\/revisions\/254158"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spinalistips.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/54075"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/spinalistips.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3421"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spinalistips.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3421"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spinalistips.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3421"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}