Ostomy pouch closure clamp
First Claim
1. A clamp device for closing the lower open end of an ostomy pouch, said device including first and second clamping elements pivotally connected together by hinge means at a common end thereof to engage and seal off the pouch lower end and also including latch means to secure the clamping elements in engagement on the pouch:
- said first clamping element being an elongated blade member with top and bottom edges, said top edge extending along the length of said blade member,said bottom edge surface having a V shape formed by a longitudinally extending lip portion,said second clamping element being a U shaped trough member with an interior flat bottom forming an open top channel which can receive the blade member therein for clamping off the pouch;
said blade and trough members when clamped about the pouch walls producing a knife edge seal by virtue of the V-shaped lip portion on the blade member pressing the pouch walls against said flat interior bottom of the trough member;
said latch means connected to one of either the trough or blade members to maintain said members in place around said pouch and wherein said latch means is connected to the clamping elements at a point between the ends of said elements.
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Abstract
An ostomy pouch clamp for closing off the bottom end of the pouch having pivoted clamping elements, one element having a trough channel for receiving the other blade element therein. The improvement in this clamp results from (1) single or multiple knife like sealing ribs or lip edges on the blade member bottom for engaging the pouch walls against a flat bottom of the trough channel and (2) latch means located midway between the ends of the clamping elements for pressing the two elements together (as well as releasing them) and producing an audible snapping signal to alert the user that the latch means is in the proper location. The latch means is easy to locate by the user and distributes the force pressing the elements together more equally than prior art devices.
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19 Claims
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1. A clamp device for closing the lower open end of an ostomy pouch, said device including first and second clamping elements pivotally connected together by hinge means at a common end thereof to engage and seal off the pouch lower end and also including latch means to secure the clamping elements in engagement on the pouch:
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said first clamping element being an elongated blade member with top and bottom edges, said top edge extending along the length of said blade member, said bottom edge surface having a V shape formed by a longitudinally extending lip portion, said second clamping element being a U shaped trough member with an interior flat bottom forming an open top channel which can receive the blade member therein for clamping off the pouch; said blade and trough members when clamped about the pouch walls producing a knife edge seal by virtue of the V-shaped lip portion on the blade member pressing the pouch walls against said flat interior bottom of the trough member;
said latch means connected to one of either the trough or blade members to maintain said members in place around said pouch and wherein said latch means is connected to the clamping elements at a point between the ends of said elements. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A clamp device for closing the lower open end of an ostomy pouch, said device including first and second clamping elements pivotally connected together by hinge means at a common end thereof to engage and seal off the pouch lower end and also including latch means to secure the clamping elements in engagement on the pouch:
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said first clamping element being an elongated blade member with top and bottom edges, said top edge extending along the length of said blade member, said bottom edge surface having a V shape formed by a longitudinally extending lip portion, said second clamping element being a U shaped trough member with an interior flat bottom forming an open top channel which can receive the blade member therein for clamping off the pouch; said blade and trough members when clamped about the pouch walls producing a knife edge seal by virtue of the V-shaped lip portion on the blade member pressing the pouch walls against said flat interior bottom of the trough member;
.said latch means connected to one of either the trough or blade members to maintain said members in place around said pouch; wherein the bottom edge of said blade member is provided with parallel spaced apart V-shaped lip portions to provide multiple knife edge seals on the pouch walls gripped therebetween.
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- 13. A clamp device for an ostomy pouch comprising two pivotally connected clamping elements for sandwiching the pouch therebetween, said clamping elements being pivoted together at one of their ends and having means thereon for forming a closure seal on the pouch when the two elements are clamped together and latching means for securing the two clamping elements together, said latching means being a spring clamp located intermediate the ends of said clamping elements.
- 18. An ostomy bag clamp comprising first and second clamping elements pivotally connected together to seal off an ostomy bag when clamped thereover, said clamping elements each having a first end, a second end and one of said corresponding first or said corresponding second ends being pivotally connected together and a bag clamping engaging surface therebetween and latch means for retaining said clamping elements in place around the ostomy bag, said latch means being located on one of said clamping elements between said ends thereof to provide a more equal distribution of pressure on the clamped elements when engaged thereover.
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