PROTECTIVE WEAR: Protective underwear with flatus filter

Protective underwear with a special filter for removing foul-smelling human flatus has been developed by Chester Weimer of Pueblo, Colorado (US Patent 5 593 398).

To date, the protective underwear sector within the health care industry has focused on products for patients suffering from urine and faeces incontinence. However, sufferers of inflammatory bowel diseases, such as Crohn's disease or ulcerative colitis, have the problem of malodorous flatus. Existing protective underwear products may be air tight, but they do not remove foul-smelling human gas, which also affects