Ostomy bag containing microencapsulated malodor counteractant material
First Claim
1. An ostomy bag comprising, a pouch having a front wall and rear wall welded together around their peripheries, one of said walls having a stomal orifice for receiving waste from a stoma, and an article within said pouch having microencapsulated malodor counteractant material thereon.
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Abstract
A container for odorous material (in the present case an ostomy bag), consists of a front wall (10) and a rear wall (12) welded together around a peripheral seam (14). The walls are made of a plastics material through which odorous gas can permeate. The container carries or contains malodor counteractant material to counter, or mask, the odor. The malodor counteractant material may be provided in microencapsulated form, and coated (at 28) on the interior faces of the walls, or carried on an article (54) placed within the container.
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- 1. An ostomy bag comprising, a pouch having a front wall and rear wall welded together around their peripheries, one of said walls having a stomal orifice for receiving waste from a stoma, and an article within said pouch having microencapsulated malodor counteractant material thereon.
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3. A method for making an ostomy bag comprising the steps of:
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forming a pouch having a front wall and rear wall welded together around their peripheries, providing a stomal orifice in one of said walls for receiving waste from a stoma, providing an article in said pouch having an outer surface, the outer surface carrying microencapsulated malodor counteractant material thereon. - View Dependent Claims (4)
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