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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 29, 2020
Filed:
Dec. 10, 2014
Hollister Incorporated, Libertyville, IL (US);
John T. Clarke, Galway, IE;
Jerome A. Henry, Castlebar, IE;
Adam J. Foley, Swords, IE;
Shamsedin Rostami, South Cambridgeshire, GB;
Enda F. Carter, Ballina, IE;
Horacio Montes de Oca Balderas, Ballina, IE;
Hollister Incorporated, Libertyville, IL (US);
Abstract
Medical devices that are flushable in a standard toilet are disclosed. The medical devices are made at least in part of material that when introduced into water (of a toilet) disintegrate and/or fragment or are fragmentable before or after introduction into water such that they can be easily carried by the water through the disposal system. At least a portion of the device is intended for insertion into a patient or subject wherein the body-insertable portion retains its structural integrity while in use but is fragmentable once outside the body and exposed to a selected condition.