Alcare Co., Ltd.

Noriyuki Kanbara

The present invention provides a deodorizing filter constituted such that the gas permeability thereof is high, the gases generated in an ostomy bag including the gases to be deodorized can be easily discharged, and the sufficient deodorizing ability thereof is sufficiently high. The deodorizing filter is formed so as to incorporate a deodorizing element in a housing and have a gas inlet at one side of the deodorizing element, an outlet at the other side of the deodorizing element, and a space existing at that side of the deodorizing element which faces the ostomy bag.

Deodorizing filter and collector provided with the deodorizing filter

The present invention provides a body waste collector which allows the discharge of the gases in the ostomy bag over a long time and is, in addition, highly economical. The body waste collector comprises an ostomy bag formed by sealing together the peripheral edge portions of two films for collecting the body wastes, a faceplate coupled to one film of the ostomy bag, a gas-discharging vent provided in the other film of the ostomy bag so as to connect the inside of the ostomy bag to the outside thereof, and a deodorizing filter disposed so as to communicate with the gas-discharging vent , wherein, between the two films of the ostomy bag, there is disposed an intermediate wall which is comprised of a fluid-impermeable material and divides the space in the ostomy bag into two regions, i.e., the region at the faceplate side and the region at the deodorizing filter side; this intermediate wall is disposed so as to face the whole surfaces of both the opening in the faceplate and the deodorizing filter , and further, in the peripheral portion of the intermediate wall there are formed a plurality of fluid inlets which connect the region at the faceplate side and the region at the deodorizing filter side.

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Soka, Japan

Noriyuki Kanbara