PEELABLE AND FLUSHABLE OSTOMY POUCH AND METHOD OF USE
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Abstract
An ostomy appliance having a face plate assembly and inner and outer pouches joined thereto, has its outer pouch provided with one or more peripherally-extending sealing seams that allow the walls of the outer pouch to be separated by peeling forces applied in directions transverse to such seam or seams. In preferred embodiments, the sealing seam, also peelably join the peripheral edges of the outer pouch to those of the inner pouch. A method of disposing of the pouch assembly of such an ostomy appliance is also disclosed.
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36 Claims
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1-2. -2. (canceled)
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3. An ostomy appliance for receiving discharge from a human stoma and comprising:
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attachment means for attaching the appliance to the peristomal skin surface of a user of the appliance, and an ostomy pouch assembly comprising; an inner pouch attached to said attachment means and having a first aperture for receiving the stoma of said user, said inner pouch being defined by a flexible body side or proximal inner pouch wall and a flexible distal inner pouch wall, and one or more peripherally extending inner pouch sealing seams, an outer pouch enclosing said inner pouch, attached to said attachment means and having a second aperture for receiving said stoma and being aligned with said first aperture, said outer pouch being defined by a flexible body side or proximal outer pouch wall and a flexible distal outer pouch wall, and one or more peripherally extending outer pouch sealing seams, said one or more outer pouch sealing seams being manually peelable such that the attachment forces provided by said one or more peelable outer pouch sealing seams may be overcome by manually pulling said distal outer pouch wall in a direction transverse to said one or more peelable outer pouch sealing seams, said one or more outer pouch sealing seams peelably attaching said distal outer pouch wall directly to said proximal outer pouch wall. - View Dependent Claims (4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35)
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19-22. -22. (canceled)
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36-37. -37. (canceled)
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