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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7250040 | Arrangement at a stoma bag An arrangement at a stoma bag of the type used by persons or animals with a colostoma, including a flexible bag (flexibag) and a ring fastener/magazine ring, where the ring fastener/magazine ring is designed to be connected to a stoma plate, and where, in its initia... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7214217 | Ostomy appliance having outer and inner pouches joined by peelable seams and a filter for deodorizing flatus gases An ostomy appliance is provided with inner and outer pouches separably joined together by peelable seams. A vent passage and deodorizing filter are also provided, most advantageously located externally of the pouches, and a pre-filter is preferably positioned in adv... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7172581 | Ostomy appliance with a removable, washable and reusable sealing member An ostomy appliance including a body side member having an adhesive wafer for securing the appliance to the user's skin, and a separate sealing member for sealing against the stoma, the separate sealing member being in the form of a disc having a centre hole for acc... | 02/06/2007 |
| 6764473 | Ostomy appliance with integral closure An ostomy pouch for both one and two-piece ostomy appliances having an integral closure at the bottom of the pouch to allow the pouch to be emptied and re-sealed without the use of a separate closure. The integral closure has mating parts that are locked together an... | 07/20/2004 |
| 6527755 | Feces control device A feces control device includes a tubular member in which an inflatable balloon is positioned on one interior sidewall for closing the passageway to movement of feces when the balloon is expanded and allowing flow when the balloon is contracted against th... | 03/04/2003 |
| 6520943 | Ostomy skin barrier assembly, stoma seal assembly and materials for use in stoma seals An improved ostomy face plate. The improved face plate includes a ring seal of silicone foam, a blotter ring disposed between the ring seal and the barrier seal, and an improved barrier seal compound with a low isobutylene content.... | 02/18/2003 |
| 6479726 | Sanitary device for urinary incontinent males A sanitary device which may be applied and connected to the penis of a man suffering from urinary incontinence to contain urine emitted involuntarily, the sanitary device including an absorbent sheath for wrapping around and enclosing the penis, the sheat... | 11/12/2002 |
| 6398768 | Faecal collector with optimally shaped bag A faecal management device. The device has a bag. The bag has an aperture defining a plane and allowing the entry of faecal material. The bag is constructed of two pieces of material joined at a seam, which may lie in a plane parallel that of the aperture... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6312415 | Ostomy appliance The invention relates to an ostomy appliance comprising a body side member comprising an adhesive wafer or pad for securing the appliance to the user's skin, the wafer or pad having a hole for receiving a stoma, and a separately exchangeable receiving mem... | 11/06/2001 |
| 6213990 | Urine and excreta disposal device and method of use A device for conducting away urine and excrera to be used by a person relieving him or herself, consisting of sheet material having a top portion (11) with an inlet opening (12) and a bottom portion (11a) with a discharge opening (14) and a surface area (... | 04/10/2001 |
| 6110159 | Device for disposing excrement A device for disposing excrement comprising: a diaper cup 1 for enveloping a lumbar/gluteal region of a human body; and a device body C connected to the diaper cup 1 for supplying washing water to the inside of the diaper cup and for sucking excrements an... | 08/29/2000 |
| 5591447 | Wound dressing having a contoured adhesive layer An improved wound dressing having an adhesive layer (26, 426) containing one or more hydrocolloids dispersed in a viscous elastomer, a flexible water-impervious backing layer (22, 322, 422) on one side of the adhesive layer, and a removable release layer ... | 01/07/1997 |
| 5167651 | Two-piece ostomy appliance and bistable coupling ring therefor A two-piece ostomy appliance in which one of the components, preferably the pouch component, is provided with a dual-state, bistable coupling ring for sealingly engaging the companion ring of the other (e.g., faceplate) component. The ring is formed of re... | 12/01/1992 |
| 4846820 | Ostomy device First and second annular interengaging parts releasably connect the pouch and adhesive-backed label. A member is provided for mounting one of the parts to the label, at a normal position proximate the surface of the label. The member includes a ring-shape... | 07/11/1989 |
| 4610677 | Extended film seal for ostomy appliance An ostomy appliance including a collection pouch and a faceplate, each equipped with a flexible plastic coupling ring for detachably joining the faceplate and pouch. One of the rings includes a neck portion that protrudes through the opening of the other ... | 09/09/1986 |
| 4586927 | Irrigation sleeve and attachment therefor An irrigation sleeve for colostomy patients is adapted such that it can be selectively and removeably attached to any one of a plurality of different snap-on attachments, such as an irrigation attachment or a rinsing or flushing attachment. The sleeve is ... | 05/06/1986 |
| 4530525 | Access port forming device and method A device and method for use in forming an access port, and also in forming a leakproof seal between a conduit (e.g., a catheter tube) and a thermoplastic film (e.g., the wall of an ostomy bag, wound cover pouch, or similar pouch). The device includes inte... | 07/23/1985 |
| 4465486 | Closures for open ended ostomy pouch An open ended ostomy pouch having a folding bar attached to the bottom of the pouch. The folding bar extends on both sides beyond the width of the pouch at the bottom opening and includes interlocking closure components on opposite ends.... | 08/14/1984 |
| 4419100 | Ostomy appliance and faceplate attachment therefor An ostomy appliance in which a pair of semi-rigid coupling rings and a flexible, resilient web are utilized for detachably connecting a collection pouch to a flexible faceplate. The appliance consists of two main parts: a pouch on which one of the couplin... | 12/06/1983 |
| 4403991 | Closures for open ended ostomy pouch An open ended ostomy pouch having a folding bar attached to the bottom of the pouch. The folding bar extends on both sides beyond the width of the pouch at the bottom opening and includes interlocking closure components on opposite ends.... | 09/13/1983 |
