Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
604345000 | With body support means (e.g., belt, garment, etc.) | 12 |
20080312615 | REMOVABLE SURGICAL DRAIN POCKET/POUCH - A support device and method for carrying drainage receptacles connected to a post-operative surgery patient user. A removable pocket has a front panel and a back panel, wherein said back panel defines a first fastener strip that is removably attached to a second fastener strip located on a garment, and wherein placement of said second fastener strip can be pre-determined or determined by the user. | 12-18-2008 |
20090069764 | CONNECTOR FOR STOMA BAG, OF THE TWO-PIECE TYPE, FIXED BY GLUING - A connector for a stoma bag, of the two-piece type, fixed by gluing includes a support equipped with a bracket for fixing to the skin of a patient and with a gluing channel, and a bag provided with a gluing channel that carries an adhesive. The adhesive in the gluing channel of the bag is a layer of a structural adhesive having a thickness of at least 0.6 mm, which forms an elastomeric adhesive composition. The adhesive of the structural adhesive layer contains a three-sequence copolymer, such as a styrene-isoprene-styrene copolymer. In the channel of the bag, its surface carrying the adhesive has undergone a treatment to increase adherence, such as a treatment to increase the surface roughness. The connector can include a member for firstly positioning the channel of the bag relative to the channel of the support. The connector applies also to colostomy, ileostomy and urostomy bags. | 03-12-2009 |
20090088712 | Receptacle and Method for Disposing of Bodily Waste Materials - A disposable receptacle for receiving bodily waste collection bags and a bodily attachment for the collection bag, having an artificial excretory opening is disclosed. The receptacle includes an elongate body having a top end, a base end, an intermediate portion between the top end and the base end, and formed with an internal bodily waste material-receiving chamber. The receptacle includes an inlet opening formed on the elongate body, proximate to the top end thereof, the elongate body being adapted to receive within the inlet opening bodily waste discharge from the artificial excretory opening, a used bodily waste material collection bag, and used bodily attachments. The receptacle also includes securing means for holding the bodily waste material-receiving chamber in position relative to the artificial excretory opening. | 04-02-2009 |
20090143755 | Collecting Bag Having Improved Closure and Method of Manufacturing Such a Collecting Bag - The collecting bag is intended for human body wastes and has a bag member ( | 06-04-2009 |
20100249734 | OSTOMY POUCH CONTAINING AND SUPPORTING DEVICE AND SYSTEM - The present invention provides a device for containing, positioning, holding, and/or supporting an ostomy pouching system. In particular, the present invention provides a bag comprising one or more shoulder support straps for containing, positioning, holding, and supporting an ostomy pouch over a surgical stoma. | 09-30-2010 |
20120283679 | Belly binder with a reinforced opening - A belly binder for providing support to an ostomy apparatus is disclosed. The belly binder comprises a flexible band, preferably made of a heavy duty elastic material. The band is wrapped around the abdomen of a wearer for support. Fasteners are attached to the ends of the flexible band to hold the band in position. The flexible band comprises, on its surface, an opening that is adapted to receive an ostomy bag. Further, a support member is attached to the flexible band. The support member is such that it forms a pocket/pouch like structure to hold and support the ostomy bag. | 11-08-2012 |
20130261577 | Ostomy belt - An ostomy belt with a main belt portion, a urine holding pouch portion and a stoma to pouch connector portion. The main belt portion has a semi rigid circular washer that forms an aperture toward one end of the belt. The urine holding pouch portion includes a rigid connector receiving ring, and includes a left and right hook type fastening strips attached to the inside surface of the urine pouch. The connector portion is made of low durometer silicone material and has an outwardly directed doughnut shaped ring capable of engaging a stoma in a secure leak proof and comfortable manner. An outer connector flange engages the circular washer of the belt. An inwardly facing flange engages the perimeter of the pouch connector ring. The main belt portion is wrapped around the mid section of a person and secured by the hook and loop fasteners. | 10-03-2013 |
20130289507 | Drainage Bag Garment Attachment and Process - The current invention is a garment Drainage bag attachment and process that can be used with any garment or article of clothing. It can be attached to a user's own garment or it can be sold as part of the garment specially made to be sold to Drainage bag users. It consists of a strip of material with two buttons attached in parallel. These buttons are spaced so that they match the slots in the Drainage bag. The strip is attached to the garment a little below waist high on either the slight forward left or slight forward right of the bottom garment, such as pants, shorts or dress being worn by the user. | 10-31-2013 |
20140114266 | Ostomy Implant System and Method - Various embodiments of an ostomy implant system are provided. A 3D-structured ostomy implant can adapt to the shape of the interface between the intestine and the abdominal wall. The implant can include a funnel-like device where a funnel neck portion can encapsulate and support the intestine and a larger funnel top can attach to and reinforce the abdominal wall. The implant can be a unitary implant constructed of a plurality of undulating strut members. | 04-24-2014 |
20140148771 | Ostomy Appliance Guard - An guard system that aids ostomy pouching systems in preventing the leakage of waste material, guards the user's stoma from blunt force trauma, aids in stabilizing the peristomal region, and helps the user's stoma to protrude is disclosed. The guard system comprises a substantially rigid body having an annular base ring and a cupped area extending generally outwardly from the annular base ring. The cupped area has a top portion and a bottom portion, and the bottom portion and the annular base ring together define an opening dimensioned to permit a waste collection bag employed by the user to be inserted therethrough during use. The guard further may comprise a connecting means to attach to a belt. The guard system may further comprise an adapter that allows the guard to be used in conjunction with a variety of faceplate flange sizes of user's ostomy appliance and provides other beneficial functions. | 05-29-2014 |
20150080817 | Ostomywear by cathie - Ostomywear by Cathie is a fabric covering, used as a protective barrier over one's colostomy bag. A colostomy bag is made from a plastic, similar to a zip and seal sandwich bag, which is attached to the body by a wax and band aid type skin barrier, adhered to the skin over one's colostomy stoma. The ostomywear is made from designed cotton and blended fabrics, a decorative or plain outside fabric and a lining fabric. Between the outside fabric and the lining is a fabric of high strength, light weight material known as KEVLAR™. | 03-19-2015 |
20160089260 | Method and Apparatus for Collecting Fluids that Drain From a Gastrostomy Tube - A method and apparatus including attachment of a fluid evacuation bag to the feeding port of the G-tube using an adapter fitting disposed between and interconnecting the G-tube and the evacuation bag. The adapter fitting has a proximal end that is sized to fit in and frictionally engage the feeding port of the G-tube, and a distal end that is sized to receive and frictionally engage tube end fitting extending from the evacuation bag. The adapter fitting allows open fluid communication from the G-tube to the evacuation bag so that fluids draining from the G-tube may be safely and conveniently collected and disposed of. | 03-31-2016 |