Ostomy pouching system

An ostomy pouching system, comprising:

• a baseplate comprising
• a first seal, which:
• is circumferentially attached to a proximal surface of the baseplate;
• is adapted to be securely placed on skin about a perimeter of tissue defining a stoma incised into a body of a patient;
• and
• forms a first airtight or watertight seal between the skin and the baseplate;
• an ostomy reservoir comprising a stoma opening and forming a sealed space within which discharge from stoma can be received and securely held;
• and
• a flex layer comprising:
• a second seal, which:
• is circumferentially attached to a distal surface of the baseplate;
• is circumferentially continuous with a periphery of the stoma opening of the ostomy reservoir when attached thereto;
• forms a second airtight or watertight seal between the baseplate and the periphery of the stoma opening of the ostomy reservoir;
• is resilient and deformable and not adhesive;
• and
• comprises a plurality of strands with both variable elasticity and lengths that are resiliently and elastically malleable,
• wherein the flex layer is deformable in a manner such that at least one portion of the flex layer can transmute the magnitude of a force applied to the flex layer and can redirect the force in at least one direction;
• and
• wherein external forces acting upon at least one of the skin, the tissue, the stoma, the baseplate, and the ostomy reservoir are at least one of mitigated, transmuted, and isolated, by the flex layer, such that the first seal maintains the first airtight or watertight seal between the baseplate and the skin, and the second seal maintains the second airtight or watertight seal between the baseplate and the periphery of the stoma opening of the ostomy reservoir, which first or second airtight or watertight seal is maintained beyond an external force that does not maintain:
• a third airtight or watertight seal between the baseplate and the skin;
• or a fourth airtight or watertight seal between the baseplate and the periphery of the stoma opening of the ostomy reservoir, when the plurality of strands are not present in the flex layer.