US 8,708,987 B2Granted

Ostomy appliance with moldable adhesive

AssigneeConvatec Technologies Inc.

InventorsKathryn Cramer, George Fattman, Tinh Nguyen-DeMary

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Abstract

A body fitment for an ostomy appliance comprises an adhesive wafer including a moldable region shapable by the user. A removable release liner covering an external adhesive surface of the wafer is configured to permit molding of the moldable region by manually manipulating the adhesive through the release liner, and/or with removable segments. In an alternative form, an interior release liner is removable through the entrance aperture of the wafer, by pulling on a grip portion that protrudes through the entrance aperture. In an alternative form, an ostomy pouch includes a finger pocket in a front pouch wall, for permitting insertion of a finger tip for molding the moldable region of an adhesive wafer that is secured around a stomal aperture in a rear pouch wall.

Claims11

Dependent claims

A one-piece ostomy appliance comprising an adhesive body fitment permanently attached to an ostomy pouch having an effluent receiving aperture for adhesively mounting the ostomy pouch to a wearer's body, the body fitment comprising:

an adhesive wafer for adhesively contacting the wearer's body peristomally, the adhesive wafer including a moldable region shapable by the user for allowing a user to manually mold a stomal aperture in said moldable region, and the adhesive wafer including, at least in the moldable region, an adhesive body-contacting face and an adhesive non-body-contacting face opposite the body-contacting face;
an interior release liner substantially covering said non-body-contacting face of the moldable region of the adhesive wafer, the interior release liner including a grip portion extending through the stomal aperture of the moldable region to enable gripping of the grip portion by a user's finger for enabling the interior release liner to be removed from said non-body-contacting face of the adhesive wafer, to facilitate molding of the moldable region.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.