Patent ID: 9211209
Filing Date: 2015-12-15
Classification: A61F

Abstract:
1. An ostomy appliance having: a pouch for receipt of waste; a pouch flange connected to the pouch, the pouch flange having an annular portion with an opening communicating with an interior of the pouch and having a recess located in a lower portion of a perimeter of the pouch flange, the recess having a pair of opposed side walls and an upper wall, and a bodyside flange including an opening and having a hydrocolloid layer for securing the bodyside flange to a body of a user around a stoma, the bodyside flange including an elongate substantially straight location projection receivable in the recess in the perimeter of the pouch flange to bring into alignment the opening of the pouch flange relative to the opening of the bodyside flange, wherein the elongate substantially straight location projection forms a ledge which extends substantially perpendicularly away from a general plane of the bodyside flange and extends across the bodyside flange, wherein a surface of the pouch flange which in use faces the bodyside flange includes an adhesive for adhering the pouch flange to the bodyside flange, and wherein the recess of the pouch flange is open to receive therein the location projection of the bodyside flange, from below the recess, such that the opposed side walls of the recess guide the location projection to engage the upper wall of the recess, thereby engaging the pouch flange and orienting the pouch relative to the bodyside flange.