Patent ID: 9522079
Filing Date: 2016-12-20
CPC Classification: A61F

Claim Text:
1. An ostomy bag comprising: a pouch including a front wall and a rear wall, a waste inlet opening formed in the rear wall to receive the output from a stoma, a vent opening formed in the pouch, a filter construction including a deodorising element and an extension element coupled to the deodorizing element, the deodorising element having the gas outlet communicating with the vent opening, the deodorising element connected to the pouch and to a first end of the extension element, where the extension element forms an enclosure and includes two opposed side edges that extend from the first end to a second end of the extension element, where a direction from the first end to the second end defines a longitudinal direction of the extension element, the enclosure of the extension element is formed of a gas and liquid impermeable material and includes a gas-inlet portion including a plurality of gas-inlet holes formed in the gas and liquid impermeable material and a non-permeable portion without holes formed in the gas and liquid impermeable material; the gas-inlet holes are oriented in a transverse direction across the gas-inlet portion transverse to the longitudinal direction of the extension element with a first plurality of gas-inlet holes formed through a first side of the extension element and a second plurality of gas-inlet holes formed through a second, opposite side of the extension element, where the gas-inlet portion of the extension element is separated from the deodorizing element by the non-permeable portion, and the gas-inlet portion is buoyant and adapted to float relative to the output from the stoma; wherein the gas-inlet portion of the extension element is not coupled to the pouch.