Ostomy appliance having a cover layer provided separately from a body side member
AssigneeColoplast A/S
InventorsLars Stendevad Windeballe, Richard Morgan Hickmott
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Abstract
An ostomy appliance includes a cover layer provided separately from a body side member (BSM). The BSM includes a proximal surface with adhesive provided for attaching the body side member to skin of a user, a releasable material provided distal to the adhesive, and a stoma receiving opening formed through the body side member and the releasable material. When the cover layer is attached to the body side member, the cover layer forms a portion of a distal surface of the body side member. Openings in the cover layer allow the releasable material to move to the distal surface of the body side member.
Claims20
An ostomy appliance comprising:
- a body side member comprising:
- a proximal surface with at least a portion of the proximal surface of the body side member comprising an adhesive provided for attaching the body side member to skin of a user,
- a releasable material provided distal to the adhesive,
- a stoma receiving opening formed through the body side member and the releasable material;
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- a cover layer provided separately from the body side member and defining a distal surface of the ostomy appliance, wherein the distal surface is opposite the proximal surface of the body side member, where the cover layer is attachable to a distal side of the releasable material;
- wherein, when the cover layer is attached to the body side member, the cover layer forms at least a portion of the distal surface of the body side member;
- wherein the cover layer has a plurality of openings in fluid communication with the distal surface and configured to allow the releasable material to move past the cover layer and onto the distal surface of the body side member such that the releasable material is distributed across at least a portion of an outer surface area of the distal surface of the body side member.
An ostomy appliance comprising:
- a body side member comprising:
- an adhesive that forms at least a portion of a proximal surface of the body side member, where the adhesive is adapted to secure the body side member to skin,
- a releasable material disposed on a distal surface of the adhesive, where the releasable material includes a neutralizer,
- a stoma receiving opening extending through the body side member, where the stoma receiving opening is adaptable for placement over a stoma;
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- a cover layer that is provided as a loose component along with the body side member and when secured to the body side member, defines a distal surface of the body side member, wherein the distal surface is an outer surface of the ostomy appliance, the cover layer including a plurality of openings formed in and extending through the cover layer and in fluid communication with the outer surface;
- wherein releasable material is configured to swell in response to absorption of moisture and pass through the plurality of openings formed through the cover layer to the distal surface of the body side member such that the releasable material is distributed across at least a portion of the outer surface to contact a stomal output.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.