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US 5,951,533 AGranted
Ostomy appliance and wound drainage device and method of using the same
AssigneeE.R. Squibb & Sons, Inc.
InventorFrank Freeman
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Abstract
An ostomy appliance or wound drainage device having a receptacle side component including a receptacle for receiving and storing waste solids and fluids and a bodyside component for adhering to the patient's skin around the stoma in which the two components are releasably sealed together through a pealable, washable based coupling mechanism.
Claims28
An ostomy appliance or wound drainage apparatus comprising:
- a) a receptacle for receiving waste from a stoma or a wound;
- b) a first coupling device having a first surface for operative engagement to receptacle and a single opposed second surface;
- c) a second coupling device having a first surface for operative contact with a patient's skin and a single opposed second surface, at least one of said single opposed second surfaces comprising means for releasably engaging said first and second coupling devices so that when released the receptacle may be emptied of waste and then repositioned to again receive waste, said means for releasably engaging the first and second coupling devices comprising a single layer of an adhesive composition which is capable of being washed with water to enable waste particles to be removed therefrom and provides releasable engagement of said first and second coupling devices while the second coupling device remains in operative contact with the patient's skin.
A method of collecting fluid or solid waste from a patient using an ostomy appliance or wound drainage apparatus comprising:
- a) placing a bodyside coupling device having a first surface in contact with the patient's skin, said bodyside coupling device having a single opposed surface;
- b) reversibly engaging a receptable side coupling device to the bodyside coupling device through an adhesive composition having a modulus of elasticity sufficient to enable waste particles to be removed therefrom and having an internal viscosity low enough to enable washing with water and high enough to provide tack at said opposed surface thereof to provide a passageway for the flow of said fluid into a receptacle attached to the receptacle side coupling device;
- c) separating the coupling devices from each other;
- d) washing the adhesive composition;
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- e) reversibly engaging a new receptacle side coupling device to the bodyside coupling device through said washable adhesive composition.
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