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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 23, 2018
Filed:
Oct. 07, 2016
Applicant:
Convatec Technologies Inc., Las Vegas, NV (US);
Inventors:
George Fattman, Mount Laurel, NJ (US);
Gary Oberholtzer, Feasterville, PA (US);
Assignee:
CONVATEC TECHNOLOGIES INC., Las Vegas, NV (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 5/448 (2006.01); A61F 5/443 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 5/448 (2013.01); A61F 5/443 (2013.01);
Abstract
A coupling assembly for fastening an adhesive wafer to an ostomy appliance device, the coupling assembly including a captive connection between the adhesive wafer and ostomy appliance that permits captive relative displacement between the entire adhesive wafer and the entrance aperture of the appliance, to facilitate access to the wafer from the non-body-contacting side. The coupling assembly further comprises a fixation coupling for fixing the adhesive wafer in the operative position.