Patent ID: 9498372
Filing Date: 2016-11-22
CPC Classification: A61F

Claim Text:
1. A one-piece ostomy appliance comprising: an ostomy pouch having an entrance aperture for communicating with a stoma; an adhesive wafer for mounting on the body around a stoma, the adhesive wafer including a body-facing side for contacting a user's skin, a non-body-facing side opposite the body-facing side, and a moldable region for molding around a stoma; a fixation coupling that is permanently connected to the ostomy pouch; and a captive connection permanently joining the adhesive wafer to the fixation coupling, thereby joining the adhesive wafer to the ostomy pouch, wherein the captive connection comprises a bendable, hinged, or pivotable joint that permits relative displacement between the fixation coupling and substantially the entire adhesive wafer, the captive connection defining a range of captive movement between the pouch and the adhesive wafer, the captive range of movement including: (i) a superposed operative position in which the adhesive wafer is superposed around the entrance aperture while the bendable, hinged, or pivotable joint is distant from the superposed adhesive wafer; and the moldable region of the adhesive wafer is shrouded on the non-body-facing side by the pouch; and (ii) an access position in which the adhesive wafer is displaced about 180 degrees away from the entrance aperture of the pouch to provide access from the non-body-facing side to the moldable region of the adhesive wafer for molding the moldable region substantially without obstruction by the pouch, wherein the captive connection is present in the ostomy appliance in the superposed operative position and in the access position.