Patent ID: 6964654

Claim:
A disposable cover having an external, self-locking clamping device in combination with a drainable stoma pouch, said cover comprising a front wall and a rear wall joined along respective bottom and side edges, unsealed upper edges of said walls defining an opening for receiving an outlet spout of a stoma pouch, said external, self-locking clamping device securing the walls of said cover to said stoma pouch following insertion of an outlet spout within said opening by sealingly pressing said front and rear walls of said cover against one another with said stoma pouch sandwiched therebetween across a full width thereof and without folding of either said stoma pouch or said cover to thereby seal a lower portion of said pouch above said outlet spout with said clamping device locked thereon and prevent escape of stoma pouch contents during regular use of the pouch by a stoma patient to collect discharge from the stoma within the pouch, said cover, when so secured to the stoma pouch, trapping any liquid or gases resident in said outlet spout beneath said clamping device.