Patent ID: 6773420
Filing Date: 2004-08-10
Classification: A61F

Abstract:
A deodorizing filter comprising a deodorizing element for deodorizing gases which pass therethrough, the deodorizing element having a first side, another side, and an outer periphery of the sides, and said deodorizing element being contained in a housing having a flanged-shaped portion, and, at the first side of said deodorizing element, a gas inlet is provided, while, at another side of the deodorizing element a gas outlet is provided, said housing being mounted, at its flanged-shaped portion, to an ostomy bag containing gases to be deodorized such that the gas inlet is connected to an inner space of the bag containing the gases for receiving the gases therefrom, and a space exists between the first side of the deodorizing element and the gas inlet and the outer periphery of the sides of said element being closed by the housing.