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Method and apparatus for attaching an ostomy bag

  • US 4,205,678 A
  • Filed: 05/11/1976
  • Issued: 06/03/1980
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/11/1976
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. An ostomy apparatus of the type having first means comprising an annular collar with an end face adapted to lie on the surface of the skin of a human body and surrounding a stoma having a terminal end at the surface of the skin, and second means adapted to be implanted beneath the skin, spaced outwardly from and around the stoma in a locus juxtaposed to said end face, one of said means being magnetized and the other being magnetic, whereby the two means are attracted toward each other to thereby maintain said end face in facial sealing engagement with the outer surface of the skin, the improvements, in combination, comprising:

  • (a) said second means comprising a plurality of elongated bars disposed in spaced relationship in a ring-like configuration, each bar being disposed within a separate needle puncture through the skin, and without other incision thereof, whereby after insertion, healing of the skin is limited to the zones of the separate punctures.

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