Ostomy bag with elastic and heat sealable medical tapes
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1. An ostomy appliance, comprising:
- a bag having an opening for receiving material from a stoma;
an elastomeric medical tape comprising an extensible nonwoven web comprising a mixture of an elastomeric meltblown microfiber and a heat bondable material, wherein said tape has a bag side and a skin side, wherein said bag side of the tape has an inner portion capable of being heat or sonically bonded to said bag circumscribing the opening and an outer portion which is adapted to be supported on the user'"'"'s skin with the bag side exposed to the air; and
a layer of pressure sensitive adhesive on the skin side of the tape for attaching the tape to the peristomal area of the user.
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Abstract
The present invention provides a medical tape comprising a highly conformable and deformable nonwoven web coated with an adhesive. The non-adhesive side of the web may be heat bonded to many different polymeric film materials and is particularly useful with ostomy pouch films. The present invention also provides ostomy bags comprising an elastic, breathable nonwoven based medical tape.
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1. An ostomy appliance, comprising:
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a bag having an opening for receiving material from a stoma; an elastomeric medical tape comprising an extensible nonwoven web comprising a mixture of an elastomeric meltblown microfiber and a heat bondable material, wherein said tape has a bag side and a skin side, wherein said bag side of the tape has an inner portion capable of being heat or sonically bonded to said bag circumscribing the opening and an outer portion which is adapted to be supported on the user'"'"'s skin with the bag side exposed to the air; and a layer of pressure sensitive adhesive on the skin side of the tape for attaching the tape to the peristomal area of the user. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. An ostomy appliance, comprising:
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a bag having an opening for receiving material from a stoma; and an elastomeric medical tape, comprising;
an extensible nonwoven web comprising meltblown microfibers each of said microfibers having at least two substantially continuous layers throughout said microfiber length comprised of at least one first layer of an elastomeric material and at least one second layer of a heat bondable material; and
a layer of pressure sensitive adhesive on at least one face of said web, wherein said medical tape has an extensibility of at least 100% and said bag side of the tape has an inner portion capable of being heat or sonically bonded to said bag circumscribing the opening and an outer portion which is adapted to be supported on the user'"'"'s skin with the bag side exposed to the air. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. An ostomy appliance, comprising:
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a bag having an opening for receiving material from a stoma; and an elastomeric medical tape, comprising;
an extensible nonwoven web comprising meltblown microfibers each of said microfibers having at least two substantially continuous layers throughout said microfiber length comprised of at least one first layer of an elastomeric material and at least one second layer of a heat bondable material; and
a layer of pressure sensitive adhesive on at least one face of said web, wherein said medical tape has an extensibility of at least 100% and said bag side of the tape has an inner portion capable of being heat or sonically bonded to a snap ring adapted to engage a complementary snap ring bonded to said bag and an outer portion which is adapted to be supported on the user'"'"'s skin with the bag side exposed to the air.
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