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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 08, 2022
Filed:
Mar. 16, 2017
Applicant:
University of Limerick, Limerick, IE;
Inventors:
Assignee:
University of Limerick, Limerick, IE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 5/44 (2006.01); A61F 5/443 (2006.01); A61F 5/448 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 5/4405 (2013.01); A61F 5/443 (2013.01); A61F 5/448 (2013.01);
Abstract
An ostomy attachment comprises a flexible annular seal configured to embrace a stoma and a spout that in use is disposed beneath the stoma and configured to collect ostomy output at skin level and direct ostomy output away from the patient and annular seal and into an ostomy bag, in which the flexible annular seal is formed from an absorbent material and the spout is formed from a non-absorbent material. The annular seal may be an open ring comprising at least one mouldable arm that in use can be wrapped at least partially around the patients' stoma.