Stoma devices and dressings and methods therefor
OwnerDeborah Calvertinventor
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Abstract
A stoma device for maintaining a gastrostomy and/or urostomy stoma includes a deformable stem having opposed first and second ends which is arranged to be inserted through a stoma. The device has a head which is connected to the stem at its first end and arranged to restrict migration of the stoma device through the stoma. Also disclosed are a method of maintaining a gastric or urostomy stoma and a medical dressing.
Claims23
A device for maintaining a stoma in a patient's body wherein said device comprises a deformable stem having opposed first and second ends, and which is arranged to be inserted through a stoma, and a head which is connected to the stem at its first end and arranged to restrict migration of the stoma device through the stoma.
A medical dressing having elongate slits formed therein such that, in use, the dressing can be stretched in a direction substantially transverse to the longitudinal extent of the slits.
A dressing according to claim 26, wherein the dressing comprises a plurality of slits lying on a first line and a plurality of slits lying on one or more further lines which extend generally parallel to the first line.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.