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Ileostomy appliance and method for implanting the same

  • US 4,344,434 A
  • Filed: 06/01/1981
  • Issued: 08/17/1982
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/01/1981
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. An ileostomy appliance comprisinga support housing including an elongated central member having a predetermined axial length and which communicates with an attachment plate having opposed parallel surfaces, said support housing having an aperture extending axially therethrough forming a passageway which terminates in a first opening adjacent said attachment plate and a second opening which terminates at the remote end of the elongated central member;

  • a preshaped collapsible member having a fluid tight, outer surface, two ends and an interior cavity, said preshaped collapsible member being positioned around said elongated central member with the ends of the preshaped, collapsible member in fluid tight sealing engagement with the exterior outer surface of said elongated central member with one end of the preshaped collapsible member being spaced a predetermined distance from the end of the elongated central member adjacent the attachment plate and the other end of which is adjacent the second opening of the elongated central member; and

    means for withdrawing fluid from the interior cavity of said preshaped collapsible member to create a reduced pressure therein enabling ambient atmosphere pressure to collapse said collapsible member to reduce the geometrical dimension thereof and for enabling fluid to be drawn into the interior cavity of a deflated preshaped collapsible member at ambient atmospheric pressure to expand said preshaped collapsible member back to its original shape.

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