ARRANGEMENT AT A STOMA CUFF

• US 20080033380A1
• Filed: 06/26/2007
• Published: 02/07/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 01/10/2001
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Convatec Incorporated (ConvaTec Group Plc)
• Original Assignee: ER Squibb & Sons LLC (Bristol-Myers Squibb Company)
• Inventors: Andersen, Svein
• Application Number:
  US11/768,544
• Publication Number:
  US 20080033380A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 604/339
• 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, including a flexible bag (flexibag) and a ring fastener/magazine ring, where the ring fastener/magazine ring is designed to be connected to a stoma plate, and where, in its initial position, the entire flexibag is located in or in close proximity to the ring fastener/magazine ring.

Claims

1. A device for a stoma, comprising:

a. a foldable and unfoldable flexibag having an open end and a closed end for receiving and collecting waste from the stoma;

b. a stoma plate with an opening adapted for receiving the stoma therein, said stoma plate being attachable to a wearer'"'"'s skin with the stoma in said opening, said stoma plate also having a protruding portion extending away from the stoma, when said stoma plate is on the wearer'"'"'s skin; and

c. attaching means for attaching said flexibag to said protruding portion of said stoma plate, said attaching means including an annular fastening portion for fastening said open end of said flexibag and for releaseably capturing substantially the entire length of said flexibag in a folded condition annularly therearound, said attaching means having an aperture aligning with said stoma plate opening, said closed end of said flexibag extending across said aperture so that waste passing from the stoma through said stoma plate opening and aperture of said attaching means contacts said closed end of said flexibag and causes said flexibag to releaseably unfold from said fastening portion and collect the waste, said attachment means remaining fixed to said stoma plate when said flexibag unfolds, said attaching means including releasing means extending across said aperture for releasing said closed end of said flexibag to extend through said aperture, said releasing means releasing when said flexibag pushes against it during capture of the waste.

2. The device of claim 1 wherein said protruding portion is threaded and said attaching means is secured to said threads.

3. The device of claim 1 wherein said fastening portion is ring shaped and said attaching means includes a complementary coupling for coupling to said protruding portion of said stoma plate.

4. The device of claim 1 wherein said fastening portion is ring-shaped for accommodating said open end of said flexibag therearound and said attaching means further includes a magazine for coupling said attachment means to said protruding portion of said stoma plate.

5. The device of claim 4 wherein said fastening portion and said magazine are an integral piece.

6. The device of claim 1 wherein said flexibag includes a bead and said fastening portion includes a groove configured to accommodate said bead in said groove and releasably fasten said flexibag to said fastening portion.

7. The device of claim 1 wherein said flexibag gradually unfolds from said cavity when waste continues to enter said flexibag.

8. The device of claim 1 further including a safety bag.

9. The device of claim 1 wherein said flexibag may be removed from said fastening portion and replaced by a new or emptied and reused flexibag.

10. The device of claim 1 further comprising a safety bag external to said flexibag.