Patent ID: 7517339

Claim:
An ostomy appliance for receiving discharge from a human stoma and comprising: attachment means for attaching the appliance to the peristomal skin surface of a user of the appliance, and an ostomy pouch assembly comprising: an inner pouch attached to said attachment means and having a first aperture for receiving the stoma of said user, said inner pouch being defined by a flexible body side or proximal inner pouch wall and a flexible distal inner pouch wall, and one or more peripherally extending inner pouch sealing seams, an outer pouch enclosing said inner pouch, attached to said attachment means and having a second aperture for receiving said stoma and being aligned with said first aperture, said outer pouch being defined by a flexible body side or proximal outer pouch wall and a flexible distal outer pouch wall, and one or more peripherally extending outer pouch sealing seams, said one or more outer pouch sealing seams being manually peelable such that the attachment forces provided by said one or more outer pouch sealing seams may be manually eliminated by manually pulling said distal outer pouch wall in a direction transverse to said one or more peelable outer pouch sealing seams, said one or more outer pouch sealing seams peelably attaching said distal outer pouch wall to said distal inner pouch wall and said proximal outer pouch wall to said proximal inner pouch wall.