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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 29, 2023
Filed:
Sep. 21, 2018
Salts Healthcare Limited, Birmingham, GB;
Kieran Williams, Birmingham, GB;
Lee Tretheway, Birmingham, GB;
Iain Powner, Birmingham, GB;
Jesus Alfaro, Birmingham, GB;
Marcus Allen, Birmingham, GB;
Salts Healthcare Limited, Birmingham, GB;
Abstract
An ostomy appliance comprising: first and second walls connected to each other at or near their peripheries, the first wall having a stoma-receiving opening; a connection member connected to the first wall for attaching the appliance to a user; an aperture located in either of the first and/or second walls for permitting waste gases to exit the appliance; a multi-layer filter positioned adjacent and covering the aperture on an exterior surface of the respective first and/or second wall, wherein a layer of the filter is hydrophobic and wherein said hydrophobic layer is positioned directly adjacent the respective first and/or second wall, wherein the hydrophobic layer has a first side and a second side and wherein the first side is connected directly to the respective first and/or second wall, said connection holding the multi-layer filter relative to the wall.