Two-pouch ostomy appliance with separate inner and outer adhesive flanges
First Claim
1. An ostomy appliance comprising an inner pouch having a bodyside wall and an obverse wall and having a stoma-receiving orifice in said bodyside wall;
- said inner pouch being located within a larger outer pouch;
said outer pouch having a bodyside wall and an obverse wall with an opening in said bodyside wall generally concentric with and substantially larger than said orifice of said inner pouch;
said inner pouch having a sealed upper marginal portion disposed between and sealed to an upper portion of at least one of said walls of said outer pouch;
said sealed upper marginal portion of said inner pouch including a lower section located below the seal between said marginal portion and said outer pouch;
said lower section of said marginal portion being provided with means defining a tear line extending across the upper end of said inner pouch;
said bodyside wall of said inner pouch having a first annular adhesive flange externally secured thereto about said orifice;
said bodyside wall of said outer pouch having secured to the bodyside wall thereof a second annular adhesive flange extending about and spaced from said first adhesive flange;
said bodyside walls of said inner and outer pouches being unconnected to each other about said orifice; and
means provided by said obverse wall of said outer pouch for accessing and extracting said inner pouch therefrom.
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Abstract
An ostomy appliance comprises two pouches, one being located within and extractable from the other. The inner pouch has a stoma-receiving orifice in its bodyside wall and an annular adhesive flange externally secured to that bodyside wall about the orifice. The outer pouch has a substantially larger opening in its bodyside wall and a second annular adhesive flange is secured to that wall and surrounds the first adhesive flange of the inner pouch. The two flanges are spaced from each other and the only connection between the two pouches occurs along their uppermost margins. The inner pouch is provided with a tear line along its upper margin, and the outer pouch has an access flap in its obverse wall which may be torn downwardly for gaining access to and removing the inner pouch from the outer pouch.
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1. An ostomy appliance comprising an inner pouch having a bodyside wall and an obverse wall and having a stoma-receiving orifice in said bodyside wall;
- said inner pouch being located within a larger outer pouch;
said outer pouch having a bodyside wall and an obverse wall with an opening in said bodyside wall generally concentric with and substantially larger than said orifice of said inner pouch;
said inner pouch having a sealed upper marginal portion disposed between and sealed to an upper portion of at least one of said walls of said outer pouch;
said sealed upper marginal portion of said inner pouch including a lower section located below the seal between said marginal portion and said outer pouch;
said lower section of said marginal portion being provided with means defining a tear line extending across the upper end of said inner pouch;
said bodyside wall of said inner pouch having a first annular adhesive flange externally secured thereto about said orifice;
said bodyside wall of said outer pouch having secured to the bodyside wall thereof a second annular adhesive flange extending about and spaced from said first adhesive flange;
said bodyside walls of said inner and outer pouches being unconnected to each other about said orifice; and
means provided by said obverse wall of said outer pouch for accessing and extracting said inner pouch therefrom. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
- said inner pouch being located within a larger outer pouch;
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11. A two-pouch ostomy appliance comprising an inner pouch having a bodyside wall and an obverse wall and having a stoma-receiving orifice in said bodyside wall;
- said inner pouch being suspended within a larger outer pouch;
said outer pouch having a bodyside wall and an obverse wall with an opening in said bodyside wall generally concentric with and substantially larger than said orifice of said inner pouch;
said inner pouch having a sealed upper marginal portion disposed between and sealed to an upper portion of at least one of said walls of said outer pouch;
said sealed upper marginal portion of said inner pouch including a lower section located below the seal between said marginal portion and said walls of said outer pouch;
said lower section of said marginal portion being provided with means defining a tear line extending across the upper end of said inner pouch. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
- said inner pouch being suspended within a larger outer pouch;
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