Patent ID: 9101482
Filing Date: 2015-08-11
Classification: A61F

Abstract:
1. A method for emptying the contents of an ostomy bag through a drainage opening of the ostomy bag, comprising the steps of: providing an ostomy bag emptying device having a pair of elongate members which extend substantially across the width of the ostomy bag to be emptied, said elongate members having bag engagement members in the form of rollers, a hinge member in cooperative engagement with one end of each of the elongate members and gripping means at the other end of each of said elongate members; opening the elongate members by extending each of the elongate members in a direction away from the other of said elongate members; placing one of the elongate members on a front surface of the ostomy bag and the other of the elongate members on a back surface of the ostomy bag near the top of the ostomy bag at a distance from the drainage opening; holding the ostomy bag over a receptacle; opening the drainage opening of the ostomy bag; moving the elongate members towards each other, to a closed position so that the elongate members are in a generally parallel orientation with the bag engagement members engaging the bag; maintaining the elongate members in the closed position; rolling the elongate members down the length of the bag towards the drainage opening to move the contents towards and through the drainage opening; and opening the elongate members to remove from the ostomy bag; wherein the elongate members move the contents of the bag towards the drainage opening in a single pass over the bag.