Patent ID: 8439883

Claim:
An ostomy system comprising: a) an ostomy pouch including a pouch envelope formed of flexible plastic material defining a waste collection chamber for body waste that passes through a stoma, a waste inlet opening formed in said envelope for positioning around said stoma to permit passage of waste material from said stoma to said collection chamber, flexible annular adhesive pouch coupling means on said envelope at said waste inlet opening for adhesively coupling said ostomy pouch with a body side mounting wafer, said pouch coupling means including an integral projection extending therefrom having a top and bottom surface for manually gripping and manipulating said pouch coupling means by the thumb and forefinger of a first hand, said bottom surface being non-adhesive, b) non-adhesive rendering and reinforcing means for rendering said top surface of said projection non-adhesive and reinforcing said projection to facilitate gripping and manipulating said pouch coupling means, and c) a body-side mounting wafer joinable to a body surface around a stoma, said body side mounting wafer having an opening for a stoma and a non-adhesive landing area surface on a front side of the mounting wafer for coupling engagement with said adhesive portion of said pouch coupling means, said landing area surface having indicia for delineating locations thereon, said integral projection manipulation and landing surface indicia facilitating alignment of the waste inlet opening of the pouch and stoma opening of the body-side mounting wafer, said non-adhesive landing area having a substantially rectangular shape and including a first portion that is immovable with respect to said mounting wafer, and a second portion having a substantially rectangular periphery that is flexible throughout and composed of a thin single component film layer, said second portion being deflectable away from said body surface and predeterminedly dimensioned so as to permit and facilitate manual gripping and manipulation of said second portion by the thumb and forefinger of a second hand, said second portion having a substantially rectangular periphery and also being predeterminedly dimensioned to have a section at least partly surrounding the annular adhesive pouch coupling means during adhesive coupling that is unbonded, said non-adhesive integral projection and unbonded section being predeterminedly dimensioned to extend adequately to permit and facilitate manually gripping of both simultaneously and manipulation of both simultaneously by the thumbs and forefingers of both hands for facilitating peeling said ostomy pouch and mounting wafer apart and minimizing stress to the body surface around the stoma.