Ostomy appliance collector
AssigneeBristol-Myers Squibb Company
InventorsConor Alexander, Bhavani Veerapaneni, Kenneth Johnsen
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Abstract
An ostomy appliance comprising a collection device for collecting body waste. At least a portion of the collection device is thermoformed from a sheet of plastics material, e.g., vacuum formed or pressure formed. The collection device may be configurable between a compact, stowed condition and an expanded deployed condition. The thermoformed portion is thermoformed in the deployed condition. The collection device has a depth:diamater ratio of at least 1:1. The ostomy appliance is a controlled evacuation appliance, or a collection pouch.
Claims32
An ostomy appliance comprising a collection device, at least a first portion of the collection device being thermoformed from a sheet of plastics material.
The ostomy appliance according to 1, wherein the collection device comprises material selected as one or more of:
- polyethylene;
- polypropylene;
- nylon;
- polyvinyl chloride;
- ethylene vinyl acetate;
- poly vinyl alcohol (PVOH);
- polyvinylidene chloride (PVDC).
A collection device for an ostomy appliance, at least a first portion of the collection device being a portion that is thermoformed from a sheet of plastics material.
Apparatus for thermoforming at least a first portion of a collection device for an ostomy appliance, the apparatus comprising a shape-defining Form for thermoforming said first portion of the collection device from a sheet of plastics material.
A method of producing at least a first portion of a collection device for an ostomy appliance, the method comprising thermoforming said first portion from a sheet of plastics material.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.