Patent ID: 9549840
Date: 2017-01-24
CPC Classifications: A61F

Claim:
1. An ostomy appliance for attachment to a stoma body comprising an adhesive wafer configured to be attached to a collection pouch, the adhesive wafer including a backing layer and a skin-facing adhesive layer, a skin-contacting surface of the skin-facing adhesive layer being provided with a one-piece release liner covering the skin-contacting surface of the skin-facing adhesive layer, the one-piece release liner having a first part inseparably connected to a second part by a predefined folding line between the first part and the second part, the predefined folding line having a depression, the first part and the second part each having a first designated thickness, and the predefined folding line having a second designated thickness that is less than the first designated thickness prior to the first part and the second part being situated to at least partially face each other, such that material of the one-piece release liner has a cut out in the depression extending partly through the release liner at and along the predefined folding line, configured to be provided prior to the first part and the second part being detached or removed from the skin-facing adhesive layer, such that the opposite side of first part and the second part from the skin-facing adhesive layer contacting surface are configured to at least partially face each other upon the detachment or removal, the one-piece release liner configured to be folded along the predefined folding line at the cut out in the depression and detached or removed as a single sheet prior to application of the adhesive wafer to the skin around the stoma body via the skin-contacting surface of the skin-facing adhesive layer, an entire surface of the skin-contacting surface of the skin-facing adhesive layer configured to be in direct contact with the one-piece release liner prior to said detachment or removal.