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Ileostomy valve

  • US 4,381,765 A
  • Filed: 04/02/1981
  • Issued: 05/03/1983
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/02/1981
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. An ileostomy valve connectable to the stoma of a patient for controlling continence, and includinga drainage tube having an inner end portion insertable within the stoma of a patient and having a flexible outer end portion, the tube being free of internal obstructions interfering with the free flow of bowel contents from the valve;

  • securing means carried by the inner end portion for securing the latter to the stoma deep to the facia;

    means for releasably sealing the outer end portion of the drainage tube and comprising means carried by the tube exterior of the patient for releasably shaping the flexible outer end portion of the drainage tube in a bent collapsed orientation to seal the tube and means retaining and carrying said tube in said bent orientation flatly adjacent the skin of a patient.

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