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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 24, 1981
Filed:
Mar. 19, 1979
Applicant:
Inventor:
Steven Carpenter, Chichester, GB;
Assignee:
Matburn (Holdings) Ltd., London, GB;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
128283 ;
Abstract
A device for sealing an ostomy bag to the skin of a patient, comprises a sheet of material capable of adhering to the skin of a patient so as to provide a substantially liquid tight seal. The sheet has a slit or cut extending as a spiral or the like. An aperture may then be produced in the sheet as desired by unwinding the coil defined by the spiral slit or cut. The sheet may be of a gelatinous material having a basis of Karaya gum and/or another hydrophilic material.