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Ostomy bag coupling

  • US 5,178,615 A
  • Filed: 06/13/1989
  • Issued: 01/12/1993
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/13/1988
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. An ostomy bag coupling including a body side coupling which includes first seal means surrounding an inlet or stoma aperture and body side support means supporting and integrally formed with said first seal means, and a bag side coupling which includes second seal means for cooperating with said first seal means and a bag side support means associated with said second seal means, said bag side support means including, at a plurality of locations spaced therearound, walls extending radially in the plane of the bag side support means, said walls defining respective generally arcuately extending slots, each of which lies in the plane of its respective radially extending wall and is open at one end and closed at the other and has sidewalls defining the sides of the slots, and the body side support means including a plurality of spaced projections for being releasably received in said slots, whereby on engagement of said first and second seal means and subsequent relative rotation of said support means in the appropriate sense, said projections are received in respective slots thereby releasably locking the coupling against separating movement.

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