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STOMA ADAPTER

  • US 3,581,732 A
  • Filed: 01/14/1969
  • Issued: 06/01/1971
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/14/1969
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. An apparatus for use in conjunction with a catheter having a conduit to extend into a stoma in a person'"'"''"'"'s body wall and having an enlargement surrounding the conduit and being larger than the stoma to contact the body wall with a portion of the conduit extending outwardly from said enlargement, said apparatus comprising:

  • a base having two ends and walls between said two ends, said walls defining a truncated conical internal opening relatively large at one end and relatively small at the other, said large end being of a size to receive said enlargement, said base having an outward peripheral flange at said one end of said walls of a configuration to fit flat against said body wall about said stoma, said base having an opening at said other end to receive said portion of the conduit, whereby when said catheter is so positioned on said person'"'"''"'"'s body wall said base may be placed over the catheter with the enlargement within the large end of the internal opening and said portion extending through said end opening, said internal opening being of a size that said base walls will, when said catheter and base are so positioned, bear against the periphery of said enlargement to hold said enlargement against said stoma, and means for holding said base with its flange firmly against the person'"'"''"'"'s body and including a body-encircling band and a part in contact with the exterior of the base.

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