US 6,602,233 B1 · Easy to place and detach adhesive faecal management collector

Abstract

The present invention relates to faecal management devices for babies, children or adults, to be adhesively attached in a releasable manner to the perianal area of the wearer, said devices being particularly easy to put in place and particularly easy to detach after use. Claimed and described is a fecal management device (10) comprising a bag (11), said bag (11) having an aperture (21) and a flange (12) surrounding said aperture (21) said flange (12) having a wearer facing portion (23) and a garment facing portion (22), wherein said wearer facing portion (23) comprises a layer of adhesive (20) for releasable attachment to the perianal area of a wearer, characterized in that said flange (12) is provided with at least two non-adhesive lobes, i.e. one or more placement lobes (13) or one or more detachment lobes (14) or a combination thereof.

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Dependent claims

Faecal management device comprising a bag said bag having an aperture and a generally planar flange surrounding said aperture, said flange having a wearer facing portion and a garment facing portion wherein said wearer facing portion comprises a layer of adhesive for releasable attachment to the perianal area of a wearer, said flange further comprising a longitudinal axis and a transversal axis orthogonal thereto, said flange further comprising at least two non-adhesive lobes on each side of said longitudinal axis, wherein said lobes extend radially outwardly from said aperture, said flange further comprising at least one elongate projection extending outwardly from said plane of said flange, said projection being coincident said longitudinal axis.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Easy to place and detach adhesive faecal management collector

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Easy to place and detach adhesive faecal management collector

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Abstract

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