A valve for an ostomy appliance
AssigneeSalts Healthcare Limited
InventorsLee Howard, Lee Smith, Kieran Williams
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Abstract
A valve (100) for an ostomy appliance (10) including: a body (110) for connection to the ostomy appliance (10), an inlet and an outlet (104), connected by a flow path, a closure arrangement (120) which is moveable between a closed position, in which the closure arrangement blocks the outlet (104), such that liquid cannot flow through the outlet (104), and an open position in which the outlet (104) is open, such that liquid is permitted to flow out of the outlet (104), and wherein the valve (100) includes a flow control formation (300) which is configured to default to an open condition and has a closed condition in which the flow of liquid from the outlet (104) is prevented or at least inhibited.
Claims23
A valve for an ostomy appliance including:
- a body for connection to the ostomy appliance,
- an inlet and an outlet, connected by a flow path,
- a closure arrangement which is moveable between a closed position, in which the closure arrangement blocks the outlet, such that liquid cannot flow through the outlet, and an open position in which the outlet is open, such that liquid is permitted to flow out of the outlet, and
- a flow control formation which is configured to default to an open condition and has a closed condition in which the flow of liquid from the outlet is prevented or at least inhibited.
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An ostomy appliance including:
- a first wall and a second wall, which are connected about a periphery to provide an internal collecting volume;
- a valve which is fluidly connected to the internal collecting volume for selectively permitting liquid to exit;
- the valve including:
- a body,
- an inlet and an outlet, connected by a flow path,
- a closure arrangement which is moveable between a closed position, in which the closure arrangement blocks the outlet, such that liquid cannot flow through the outlet, and an open position in which the outlet is open, such that liquid is permitted to flow out of the outlet, and wherein the valve includes:
- a flow control formation which is configured to default to an open condition and has a closed condition in which the flow of liquid from the outlet is prevented or at least inhibited.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.