Nova Patents
US3439677A

Colostomy or ileostomy bag

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US3439677A, drawing sheet 1
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Term

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Expired 22 April 1986, 40.4 years ago.

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6 claims: 6 independent, 0 dependent

  1. 1
    I claim:15 1. Colostomy or ileostomy bag fabricated substantially of thin plastic sheet and comprising a front side and a rear side, the rear side being provided with an aperture spaced apart from the upper edge of the bag and adapted to be disposed opposite the stoma, the front side being 20 provided with an opening positioned adjacent the upper edge of the bag and above the level of said aperture to allow wind to escape from the bag in a direction away from the patient’s skin while precluding any possibility of solid or liquid materials flowing from the stoma through 25 the opening and flat pad-like filter means covering said opening to preclude the escape of odors through said opening while enabling the bag to be disposed on a patient’s body without producing any noticeable bulge or projection and to function efficiently without irritation to 30 the patient’s skin or the release of objectionable odors.
  2. 2
    Colostomy or ileostomy bag defined in claim 1 wherein said filter means comprises a pad adhesively secured generally across said opening.
  3. 3
    Colostomy or ileostomy bag defined in claim 2 35 wherein said pad comprises a fibrous material having the characteristics of hydrophobic cotton.
  4. 4
    Colostomy or ileostomy bag defined in claim 2 wherein said pad comprises an active carbon material.
  5. 5
    Colostomy or ileostomy bag defined in claim 2 40 wherein said pad comprises a deodorant.
  6. 6
    Colostomy or ileostomy bag wherein said rear side comprises a pressure sensitive adhesive disposed generally completely around said aperture for operatively, seal45 ingly associating the bag to a wearer’s body. References Cited UNITED STATES PATENTS 2,054,535 9/1936 Diack —------------ 128—283 50 2,327,514 8/1943 Fenwick----------- 128—283 2,544,579 3/1951 Ardner------------ 128—283 2,555,086 5/1951 Guinn------------- 128—283 2,669,235 2/1954 Burton ------------ 128—283 2,688,327 9/1954 Berg -------------- 128—283 55 2,900,979 8/1959 Bishop ------------- 128—283 3,039,464 6/1962 Galindo------------ 128—283 3,055,368 9/1962 Baxter ------------ 128—283 3,186,410 6/1965 Buono------------- 128—283 3 312,221 4/1967 Overment---------- 128—295 CHARLES F. ROSENBAUM, Primary Examiner.
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