Patent ID: 7422578

Claim:
An ostomy device connection which is intended to connect a collection pouch ( 42 ) to a fixing device ( 30 ) which is intended to be adhesively-bonded to the skin of a user, the connection serving: to transmit the weight of the collection pouch ( 42 ) to the fixing device ( 30 ), to position the pouch ( 42 ) relative to the fixing device ( 30 ) so that a hole ( 36 ) of the fixing device is in communication with a hole ( 48 ) of the collection pouch, and to provide sealing between the collection pouch ( 42 ) and the fixing device ( 30 ), the connection comprising a first connection portion ( 34 ) which is fixedly joined to the fixing device and a second connection portion ( 46 ) which is fixedly joined to the collection pouch, one of the connection portions having an adhesive surface which is covered before use by a removable protective sheet and the other connection portion having an adhesion strip, so that the two connection portions ( 14 , 34 , 46 ) can co-operate with each other by means of adhesive-bonding in a plane which is practically perpendicular relative to the axes of the holes ( 14 , 36 , 48 ) of the pouch and the fixing device, and the transmission of the weight of the collection pouch ( 42 ) and the sealing between the fixing device ( 30 ) and collection pouch ( 42 ) are provided by means of adhesive-bonding, the collection pouch ( 42 ) and the fixing device comprising complementary fixing elements which are intended to limit the possibilities for relative displace of the pouch ( 42 ) and the fixing device ( 30 ) so that the two connection portions have practically only one possible relative position when they are adjacent, this position corresponding to the alignment of the holes ( 36 , 48 ) of the fixing device ( 30 ) and the collection pouch ( 42 ), wherein the protective sheet ( 72 ) of the adhesive layer has the feature of being able to be removed from the adhesive surface after the complementary fixing elements have been brought into co-operation, wherein the complementary fixing elements form an articulation device which delimits a pivot axis ( 40 ) remote from the holes of the fixing device ( 30 ) and the collection pouch ( 42 ), the protective sheet being practically entirely at only one side of the pivot axis.