Arrangement at a stoma bag

• US 20040073179A1
• Filed: 10/27/2003
• Published: 04/15/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 01/10/2001
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Convatec Technologies, Inc. (ConvaTec Group Plc)
• Original Assignee: Stomico AS
• Inventors: Andersen, Svein Jakob
• Granted Patent: US 7,250,040 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 604/338
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 5/445 Colostomy, ileostomy or urethrostomy devices A61F5/441, A61F5/442, A61F5/443 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 5/448 Means for attaching bag to seal ring

Abstract

An arrangement at a stoma bag of the type used by persons or animals with a colostoma, comprising a flexible bag (10) (flexibag) and a ring fastener/magazine ring (4), where the ring fastener/magazine ring (4) is designed to be connected to a stoma plate (1), and where, in its initial position, the entire flexibag (10) is located in or in close proximity to the ring fastener/magazine ring (4).

Claims

1. An arrangement at a stoma bag of the type used by persons or animals with a colostoma, comprising a flexible bag (10) (flexibag) and a ring fastener/magazine ring (4), where the ring fastener/magazine ring (4) is designed to be connected to a stoma plate (1), characterised in that in the initial position, the entire flexibag (10) is located in or in close proximity to the ring fastener/magazine ring (4).

2. An arrangement in accordance with claim 1, characterised in that in the initial position prior to filling, the flexibag (10) is pulled fully or partly onto/into ring fastener/magazine ring (4).

3. An arrangement in accordance with one or more of the preceding claims, characterised in that the open end portion of the flexibag (10) is fixed to the ring fastener/magazine ring (4).

4. An arrangement in accordance with one or more of the preceding claims, characterised in that the flexibag (10) and the ring fastener/magazine ring (4) form one moulding.

5. An arrangement in accordance with one or more of the preceding claims, characterised in that the ring fastener (4) is provided with a fastening strap (20), where at least one end portion of the fastening strap is releasably connected to the ring fastener (4).