OSTOMY PORT GAS RELEASE MECHANISM
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1. A method of controlled gas release from an ostomy port, comprising:
- (a) determining that there is a need to release gas from a body of a patient; and
(b) releasing said gas from said body to an outside thereof;
characterized by said gas being released by manipulating a selectively open gas release pathway which at least partially does not overlap with a waste conduction channel in said ostomy port.
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Abstract
Controlled or automatic release of gas from ostomy ports. In some embodiments a gap is selectively formed between a cap and a body of an ostomy port. In some embodiments, a dedicated gas exhaust lumen is provided as part of the port. Optionally, the gas release uses a filter to reduce odor.
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1. A method of controlled gas release from an ostomy port, comprising:
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(a) determining that there is a need to release gas from a body of a patient; and (b) releasing said gas from said body to an outside thereof; characterized by said gas being released by manipulating a selectively open gas release pathway which at least partially does not overlap with a waste conduction channel in said ostomy port. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43)
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11. The ostomy port, comprising:
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(a) a waste conduction channel; and (b) a gas pathway communicating with one or both of said channel and a body of a patient and which at least partially does not overlap with said waste conduction channel; characterized in that said gas pathway is configured to be selectively open. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 44, 45, 46)
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