A washable ostomy appliance configured to attach to a user in order to accumulate discharged waste and to be washed and drained without being detached from said user;
- the washable ostomy appliance comprising:
- a washable pouch comprising:
- a central cavity,
- a front wall,
- a rear wall,
- an abdominal inlet opening,
- an abdominal inlet coupling,
- an abdominal adhesive faceplate,
- a draining outlet situated at a lower end of said central cavity and fluidly connected with said central cavity,
- a washing inlet
- situated at an upper end of said central cavity and fluidly connected with said central cavity,
- a washing duct, and
- a draining duct;
- said washing duct comprising:
- a washing duct wall,
- a lower washing duct opening situated at a lower end of the washing duct,
- a washing duct seal situated at a top of the washing duct and
- an upper washing duct opening situated at an upper end of the washing duct seal;
- wherein said lower washing duct opening is attached to and fluidly connected with said washing inlet;
- wherein said washing duct maximal horizontal width is substantially smaller than the maximal horizontal width of the central cavity;
- said draining duct comprising:
- a draining duct wall,
- an upper draining duct opening situated at an upper end of the draining duct,
- a draining duct seal situated at a bottom of said draining duct and
- a lower draining duct opening situated at a lower end of said draining duct seal;
- wherein said upper draining duct opening is attached to and fluidly connected with said draining outlet;
- wherein said central cavity is fluidly connected to:
- said abdominal inlet opening, to said lower washing duct opening via said washing inlet and to said upper draining duct opening via said draining outlet;
- wherein the central cavity is situated between said front wall and said rear wall;
- wherein said abdominal inlet opening is situated in said rear wall;
- wherein said abdominal inlet opening is surrounded by said abdominal inlet coupling, which is attached to said rear wall;
- wherein said abdominal inlet coupling has a first three dimensional structure;
- wherein said front wall and said rear wall are made of planar sheets made of flexible material;
- wherein said front wall and said rear wall are fused together at their perimeters except for a lower perimeter segment configured for the lower draining duct opening and an upper perimeter segment configured for the upper washing duct opening;
- wherein, said abdominal adhesive faceplate comprising:
- a distal side and a proximal side;
- wherein said abdominal adhesive faceplate also comprises a rigid plate;
- wherein said distal side comprising an abdominal adhesive faceplate coupling which has a second three dimensional structure which is configured to fit snugly to said first three dimensional structure of said abdominal inlet coupling;
- wherein, the first three dimensional structure is configured to detachably secure said second three dimensional structure just by a snug fitting without using an adhesive material;
- whereby, said abdominal adhesive faceplate coupling is configured to detachably couple and secure said abdominal inlet coupling;
- wherein, said proximal side comprises an adhesive layer of a skin barrier surrounding a central opening of the abdominal adhesive faceplate;
- wherein said abdominal inlet opening is fluidly connected to said central opening when the abdominal adhesive faceplate coupling is coupled with the abdominal inlet coupling;
- wherein said central opening is configured to encircle an user's stoma;
- wherein said adhesive layer of the skin barrier is configured to adhere said abdominal adhesive faceplate to an user's abdominal skin surrounding said user's stoma;
- whereby, said washable pouch is attached to said user's abdominal skin surrounding said user's stoma when said abdominal adhesive faceplate coupling is secured to said abdominal inlet coupling;
- whereby, said washable pouch is detached from said user's abdominal skin surrounding said user's stoma when said abdominal adhesive faceplate coupling is detached from said abdominal inlet coupling;
- whereby, said washable pouch can be detached from said user and re-attached to said user multiple times while said abdominal adhesive faceplate remains adhered to said user.