Device for sealing bodily orifices, with neutral wearing comfort

A device for an optimal organ-tolerable sealing, with minimal irritation, of a lumen leading as an ostium in a region of the surface of a natural or artificial anus of a patient, consisting of a thin-walled, externally fillable balloon body made of a soft-film-type material, which has a central lumen, which extends from the distal to the proximal end of the device and allows a continuous venting of intestinal gas or allows an insertion of a retractable insertion aid, wherein

• a) the balloon body is produced by (i) equalizing respective terminal diameters of two ends of a balloon blank that initially is tube-shaped in a manner that the ends are tight fitting within each other, (ii) everting one end of the balloon blank inwardly, (iii) guiding said one end through the other end of the balloon blank, and (iv) interconnecting said two ends of the balloon guided into each other in a tightly sealed manner directly to each other in a manner as to produce an externally fillable space without any rigid, potentially irritating components in the region of the ostium as well as in the adjoining, extracorporeal region, and wherein
• b) at least one flat retaining shoulder without any component of firm or rigid consistency adjoins the proximal end of the balloon body and consists of a thin, membrane-like soft film coated with a skin-tolerable adhesive allowing a direct fixation of the device to the skin of the patient.