Ostomy appliance
AssigneeSalts Healthcare Limited
InventorsLee Howard, Lee Smith
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Abstract
An ostomy appliance including an internal collecting volume defined by a first wall and a second wall connected together about a periphery, a stoma receiving opening defined in the first wall, a comfort layer positioned adjacent the second wall and attached about the periphery, an outlet portion which includes a valve having an outlet, the valve having a closed condition, in which waste is prevented or inhibited from exiting through the outlet, and an open condition, in which waste is permitted to exit through the outlet, and a support panel which extends across the first or second wall and provides an opening, wherein the outlet portion has a stowed position in which the valve is housed in the opening.
Claims20
An ostomy appliance including:
- an internal collecting volume defined by a first wall and a second wall connected together about a periphery;
- a stoma receiving opening defined in the first wall,
- a comfort layer positioned adjacent the first or second wall,
- an outlet portion which includes a valve having an outlet, said valve having a closed condition, in which waste is prevented or inhibited from exiting through the outlet, and an open condition, in which waste is permitted to exit through the outlet,
- a support panel which extends across the same first or second wall as the comfort layer and provides an opening, wherein
- the outlet portion has a stowed position in which the valve is housed in the opening.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.