Ostomy support garment
AssigneeColoplast A/S
InventorBlarne Worsoee
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Abstract
An ostomy support garment in the form of a material having a hole for receiving a stoma, said hole having a stabilised edge wherein the edge is provided with an element allowing an increase or reduction of the length of the edge of the hole and providing a snug fit to the stoma ensures an easy application and removal of the garment and of a collecting bag combined with a sufficient support next to the stoma.
Claims3
An ostomy support garment in the form of a material having a hole for receiving a stoma, said hole having a stabilised edge wherein the edge is provided with an element allowing an increase or reduction of the length of the edge of the hole, wherein the hole is provided with a slit, which juts from the edge of the hole into the material and the element is a fastening element enabling a closure of the slit reducing the perimeter of the hole.
A garment as claimed in claim 7 wherein the fastening is an element closing the slit is a zip-like fastener, snaps, buckles, buttons, rings or by mating elements of hook and loop fastening material bridging the slit at the edge of the hole.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.