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Ostomy maintenance apparatus

  • US 5,135,519 A
  • Filed: 12/10/1990
  • Issued: 08/04/1992
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/10/1990
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. An apparatus for an individual having a surgical stoma and an ostomy appliance fitted thereover for collection of bodily waste material, said apparatus for use in the maintenance procedures of said stoma and said ostomy appliance, said apparatus comprising:

  • a shielding member made of flexible material, said shielding member being of sufficient size to at least cover a front portion of the lower torso of said individual, said shielding member having an inner and an opposite outer surface, a receptacle of flexible material including an opening at an upper portion of said receptacle, said receptacle being of sufficient size for holding said disposable thin plastic waste receiver means for receiving waste material during and resulting from said maintenance procedures, said receptacle being of sufficient size to receive and store said shielding member when unsecured from the waist of said individual, a disposable thin plastic waste receiver means for receiving waste materials therein, releasable securing means for releasably securing said shielding member at a waist area of said individual slightly below a stoma region of said individual with said shielding member depending downwardly from said waist area while covering at least a front portion of the lower torso of said individual with said inner surface of said shielding member confronting said individual, combined attaching and closing means being interchangeably deployable for temporarily attaching said receptacle upon the outer surface of said shielding member and for temporarily closing said opening of said receptacle after said receptacle has received said shielding member for storage purposes, said combined attaching and closing means being used at non-coinciding intervals between attaching said receptacle to said shielding member and closing said opening of said receptacle, and reinforcing means at said opening of said receptacle for adding formable rigidity to the perimeter of said opening while supporting said disposable thin plastic waste receiver means inside said receptacle in an open, waste receiving manner, thereby discouraging said opening of said receptacle from inadvertently collapsing while said disposable thin plastic waste receiver means is supported and held inside said receptacle in an open waste-receiving manner during said maintenance procedures.

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