Patent ID: 11896514
Assignee: HOLLISTER INCORPORATED
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 0:
1. An ostomy pouch, comprising:
a body side wall and a distal side wall defining a collection chamber therebetween;
an opening provided in the body side wall;
a barrier operably mounted to the body side wall over the opening, the barrier having an inlet opening; and
an internal collection member mounted to the barrier, the internal collection member including a tubular net having a first open end and a second closed end, and a ring-shaped capsule for storing the net, the ring-shaped capsule having an open central region, the net being stored in the ring-shaped capsule in a collected manner, the ring-shaped capsule mounted to the barrier with the ring-shaped capsule open central region and the barrier inlet opening aligned with one another to define a pouch inlet, the ring-shaped capsule extending into the pouch collection chamber, the first open end of the net mounted to the ring-shaped capsule overlying the pouch inlet,
wherein the ring-shaped capsule comprises a front wall with a circumferential opening adjacent to the open central region, and a rear wall and wherein excretion is inlet to the pouch and is discharged into the net, paying out the net from the ring-shaped capsule through the circumferential opening, and wherein gas with excretion that is inlet to the pouch passes through the net and into the collection chamber.