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Ostomy appliance with moldable adhesive

  • US 8,708,987 B2
  • Filed: 11/30/2009
  • Issued: 04/29/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/19/2008
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A one-piece ostomy appliance comprising an adhesive body fitment permanently attached to an ostomy pouch having an effluent receiving aperture for adhesively mounting the ostomy pouch to a wearer'"'"'s body, the body fitment comprising:

  • an adhesive wafer for adhesively contacting the wearer'"'"'s body peristomally, the adhesive wafer including a moldable region shapable by the user for allowing a user to manually mold a stomal aperture in said moldable region, and the adhesive wafer including, at least in the moldable region, an adhesive body-contacting face and an adhesive non-body-contacting face opposite the body-contacting face;

    an interior release liner substantially covering said non-body-contacting face of the moldable region of the adhesive wafer, the interior release liner including a grip portion extending through the stomal aperture of the moldable region to enable gripping of the grip portion by a user'"'"'s finger for enabling the interior release liner to be removed from said non-body-contacting face of the adhesive wafer, to facilitate molding of the moldable region.

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