Patent ID: 8092437
Filing Date: 2012-01-10
Classification: A61F

Abstract:
1. An ostomy device adapted to be affixed to skin surrounding a stoma of a body of a user for sealing a stoma extending through the skin of the body of the user to control evacuation of liquid and solid waste material through the stoma, said device comprising a cap-like member having a sidewall with an edge; adhesive means having an opening through which a portion of the stoma extends, said adhesive means sealing said edge of said cap-like member sidewall to the skin of the body of the user surrounding the stoma; and stoma covering means, situated entirely externally of the body of the user within said cap-like member, draped over and around said portion of the stoma, said stoma covering means comprising a continuous, uninterrupted member with a peripheral edge fixed to said cap-like member so as to form a chamber, said chamber comprising a fluid entrance port and being pressurizable with fluid through said fluid entrance port to apply pressure to said stoma covering means member in a direction toward the body to press said stoma covering means member against said potion of the stoma to prevent the evacuation of liquid and solid waste through the stoma and further comprising means for sealing said fluid entrance port to prevent the fluid from escaping said chamber after it is pressurized.