Ostomy plug
AssigneeColoplast A/S
InventorsInger Mann Nielsen, Carsten Sletten, Martin Von Bulow
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Abstract
A disposable closure for a natural or artificial intestinal or urethral opening in the form of a body made from a material being soluble in visceral contents provides a disposable closure for a natural or artificial intestinal or urethral opening which closure is easy to apply, provides a proper sealing and is readily removed after having exercised its effect.
Claims15
A disposable closure for a stoma, said closure being in the form of a body made from a material being soluble in visceral contents and capable of absorbing moisture such that, after contacting walls of the stoma, said body absorbs moisture from said walls to develop a sufficient friction thereagainst to provide a temporary sealing of said stoma, said body thereafter dissolving at least partially during use thereof to be expelled from said stoma with said visceral contents.
A disposable closure for temporarily sealing a stoma made of a moisture-absorbing material that dissolves sufficiently upon contact with visceral contents during use thereof to be expelled from said stoma with said visceral contents as a result of said dissolution.
A method of temporarily closing a stoma of a human body using a closure in the form of a body made from a flexible material being soluble in visceral contents and capable of absorbing moisture, comprising the steps of:
- placing the closure in contact with the stoma;
- letting the closure absorb moisture to remove a liquid film in said stoma to provide sufficient friction for temporary sealing thereof;
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- letting the closure dissolve at least partially through exposure to said visceral contents during use thereof, said at least partially dissolved closure thereafter being expelled from said stoma.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.