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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 06, 1991
Filed:
Jun. 14, 1990
James S Henry, Sarasota, FL (US);
Arnold Technologies, Inc., , US;
Abstract
An ostomy bag cleaning method and apparatus for cleaning an ostomy bag which bag has a flexible bag portion with a stoma opening and a plurality of ostomy belt tabs each tab having an opening therein. The ostomy bag also has a drain opening and a closure for the drain opening. An ostomy bag cleaning tool includes a tool member having a pair of arms connected to each other at one end and an ostomy bag connector on the other end of each arm and shaped to fit into an ostomy bag belt holding tab opening for supporting the bag thereon. The ostomy bag connector can include the tip of each arm being formed in a generally U-shape with the tip of the U extending at a right angle away from the rest of the arm and having a resilient tip cover thereover. The method includes removing the ostomy bag from the patient, selecting the ostomy bag cleaning tool, inserting the ostomy bag support tool tips into the tab openings of the ostomy bag, ostomy belt tabs, removing the closure for the ostomy bag drain opening and supporting the ostomy bag within a toilet bowl with the ostomy bag stoma opening below the water level and flushing the toilet to thereby flush water through the ostomy bag for rapid cleansing.