Medical device

A fluid flow control valve for a medical device comprising:

• a housing;
• a sealing member mounted in the housing and movable from a first, closed position, in which the fluid flow control valve is in a closed position, to a second, open position, in which the fluid flow control valve is in an open position to allow fluid and materials to flow through the fluid flow control valve;
• a handle operable to move the sealing member between the first and second positions to open and close the fluid flow control valve;
• and
• a pressure relief valve provided to release gas pressure when the sealing member is in the closed position, the gas pressure relief at an upstream side of the sealing member in the direction of the fluid and materials flow through the fluid flow control valve, the pressure relief valve also provided to vent the gas from the pressure relief valve,
• wherein the pressure relief valve has a tube and the sealing member has a closable hole, such that a tip of the tube is moveable through the closable hole in the sealing member to allow gas from the upstream side of the sealing member to exit and vent through the tube, and the tube is moveable to retract the tip and close the closable hole to return the pressure relief valve to the closed condition, and
• wherein the fluid flow control valve is arranged in the medical device and the handle is operable to move the sealing member to the open and closed positions to control the flow of fluid and materials through the fluid flow control valve when the medical device is in use in the body of a person.

An ostomy insertion device, comprising:

• a tubular member, which is capable of use in the body of a person, having a first end and a second end with a respective opening at each end, the first end configured to be inserted into the body of a person to position the tubular member in the body of the person to discharge fluid and materials from inside the body of the person from the opening at the first end of the tubular member to the opening at the second end of the tubular member to an exterior of the body of a person,
• at least one of an annular disc and a flange member positioned at a second end of the tubular member such that the tubular member extends from the at least one of the annular disc and the flange member on a first side of the at least one of the annular disc and the flange member, and the at least one of the annular disc and the flange member is positioned to bear against the exterior of the body of the person when the tubular member is positioned in the body of the person;
• the at least one of the annular disc and the flange member having a recess and an annular plate portion positioned around the recess, the recess located at the first side of the at least one of the annular disc and the flange member and adjacent to the second end of the tubular member such that the recess extends around the second end of the tubular member in a circular manner, and
• the recess having an annular inflatable bladder positioned therein, adjacent to the second end of the tubular member,
• wherein the recess is aligned over a stoma of the person when the tubular member is positioned in the body of the person, and the annular plate portion bears against the body of the person near a site of the stoma, and the annular inflatable bladder being inflatable such that inflating the bladder causes the annular inflatable bladder to come in close contact with the stoma to shield the stoma and create a seal around the site of the stoma at the exterior of the body of the person when the tubular member is positioned in the body of the person.