Ostomy prosthesis
First Claim
1. An ostomy prosthesis connectable to the stoma of a patient and including a drainage tube having an inner end portion insertable within the stoma of a patient and an outer end portion, securing means carried by the inner end portion for securing the latter to the stoma deep to the facia, and plate means for flatly abutting the skin of a patient adjacent the stoma, means connecting the outer end portion of the drainage tube to the plate means, the plate means including an orifice positioned to define, with the outer end portion of the drainage tube, a passageway for the evacuation of bowel contents, an ostomy bag having a mouth, and means sealing the mouth to the, plate means about the passageway to enable the bag to receive bowel contents therefrom.
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Abstract
An ostomy prosthesis comprising a drainage tube securable at one end within an ostomy stoma deep to the fascia, and a skin-contacting plate to which the other tube end is secured. The prosthesis includes an ostomy bag having a mouth securable to the plate about the stoma. Closure means, operable from outside the bag, is provided to open and close the passageway defined by the drainage tube and plate to control the flow of bowel contents into the bag.
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- 1. An ostomy prosthesis connectable to the stoma of a patient and including a drainage tube having an inner end portion insertable within the stoma of a patient and an outer end portion, securing means carried by the inner end portion for securing the latter to the stoma deep to the facia, and plate means for flatly abutting the skin of a patient adjacent the stoma, means connecting the outer end portion of the drainage tube to the plate means, the plate means including an orifice positioned to define, with the outer end portion of the drainage tube, a passageway for the evacuation of bowel contents, an ostomy bag having a mouth, and means sealing the mouth to the, plate means about the passageway to enable the bag to receive bowel contents therefrom.
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