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US 12,064,371 B2Granted
Ostomy appliance having an anti-reflux component
AssigneeColoplast A/S
InventorsClaus Brennalt Oellgaard, Jesper Bruun Jensen
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Abstract
An ostomy appliance has a waste collection container and an anti-reflux component disposed inside of the waste collection container. The anti-reflux component is connected to the top end portion of the waste collection container only above a center of an inlet opening for a stoma.
Claims14
An ostomy appliance comprising:
- a waste collection container provided by a first wall sealed around a periphery to a second wall to form a collection volume inside of the waste collection container, with a longitudinal direction extending from a top end portion to a bottom end portion of the waste collection container;
- an inlet opening formed through the first wall, with the inlet opening having a center and sized for placement around a stoma;
- a drainage outlet provided on the bottom end portion of the waste collection container and adapted to drain body waste from the waste collection container;
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- an anti-reflux component disposed inside of the waste collection container, with the anti-reflux component comprising:
- a first sheet having an aperture sealed around the inlet opening of the first wall,
- a second sheet connected to the first sheet along a first lateral connection zone on a first side and along a second lateral connection zone on an opposing second side of the anti-reflux component,
- wherein the first sheet and the second sheet of the anti-reflux component are connected to the top end portion of the waste collection container only above the center of the inlet opening.
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An ostomy appliance comprising:
- a first bag and a second bag, with the first bag comprising:
- a first wall sealed around a periphery to a second wall to form a waste collection volume, with a longitudinal direction extending from a top end portion to a bottom end portion of the first bag,
- an inlet opening formed through the first wall, with the inlet opening having a center and sized for placement around a stoma,
- a drainage outlet provided on the bottom end portion of the first bag and adapted to drain the waste collection volume;
- the second bag is disposed inside of the first bag, the second bag comprising:
- a first sheet having an aperture sealed around the inlet opening in the first wall of the first bag,
- a second sheet connected to the first sheet along a first lateral connection zone on a first side and along a second lateral connection zone on an opposing second side of the second bag;
- wherein the first sheet and the second sheet of the second bag are connected to the top end portion of the first bag only above the center of the inlet opening.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.