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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 09, 2014
Filed:
Apr. 07, 2009
Applicant:
Kimberly Murray, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Inventor:
Kimberly Murray, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Assignee:
Convatec Technologies Inc., Las Vegas, NV (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 5/44 (2006.01); B65D 33/24 (2006.01); A61F 5/445 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 5/4407 (2013.01); A61F 5/445 (2013.01);
Abstract
A drainable ostomy pouch includes a collection portion and a drain chute portion extending from the collection portion and having a discharge opening for permitting emptying of contents from the pouch. The drain chute is foldable between an open condition in which the drain chute portion is extended from the collection portion, and a closed condition in which the drain chute portion is folded towards the collection portion. At least one flap retains the folded drain chute portion.