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US 6,387,082 B1Granted
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 device comprising:
- (a) a receptacle;
- (b) a single pair of first and second coupling devices, said first coupling device having a first surface operatively engaged to the receptacle and an opposed surface for releasably engaging the second coupling device to form a releasable fluid tight seal therewith;
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- (c) said second coupling device having a first surface for operative contact with a patient's skin and an opposed surface for releasably coupling to the first coupling device at said opposed surface thereof, at least one of the respective opposed surfaces of said first and second coupling devices having thereon a washable adhesive composition capable of providing a releasable fluid tight seal substantially free of contaminants when the first and second coupling devices are coupled to each other, said first and second coupling devices being releasable from each other while the second coupling device remains in operative contact with the patient's skin.
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A method of collecting fluid or solid waste from a patient using an ostomy appliance or wound drainage device comprising:
- a) placing a bodyside coupling device having a first surface in contact with the patient's skin, said bodyside coupling device having an opposed surface;
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- b) reversibly engaging a receptacle side coupling device to the bodyside coupling device through a washable adhesive composition 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.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.