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US 8,888,760 B2Granted
Activity ostomy bag
AssigneeColoplast A/S
InventorsBirthe Vestbo Andersen, Søren Hansen
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Abstract
The ostomy receiving bag comprises a front wall (2) and a rear wall and has a top end and a bottom end. The top end of the rear wall is provided with an inlet to receive a stoma, and one wall is provided with at least one first half of a fixation pair (A), and the same effective wall after closure of the bag, if available, is provided with at least one second half of a fixation pair (B), such that when the first half and the second half of the fixation pair are attached, the volume of the receiving bag is reduced.
Claims10
An ostomy receiving appliance comprising:
- a bag comprising a front wall and a rear wall and a first length extending between a top end and a bottom end of the bag, the rear wall is provided with an inlet and the bottom end of the bag provides an outlet tail extending away from the front and rear walls;
- a band attached to an exterior of the bag, the band having opposing lateral ends, each opposing lateral end is attached to a lateral side of only one of the front wall or the rear wall of the bag such that both opposing top and bottom edges of a central portion of the band are separated from the front wall and the rear wall of the bag;
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- wherein the band is attached to the bag above the outlet tail and is not attached to the outlet tail;
- wherein the outlet tail is adapted to be located between the band and one of the front wall and the rear wall of the bag to provide the bag with a reduced active length that is less than the first length.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.