Patent ID: 7347844

Claim:
An ostomy appliance comprising: adhesive means secured to the ostomy appliance for removably adhering the ostomy appliance to an ostomate's skin, adhesive means including an adhesive member having an inner periphery and a stomal aperture; sealing and protecting means for sealing the inner periphery of the adhesive member around the stomal aperture and protecting the adhesive member from contact by stomal discharge, said sealing and protecting means including a pressurizable elastometric sealing member having an outer surface facing away from the ostomate's skin; and pressure producing and applying means for producing pressure from a source external to a stoma and applying said externally sourced pressure directly or indirectly to said outer surface of said pressurizable elastometric sealing member and urging said sealing member towards the skin, said producing and applying means including a cap on said adhesive member defining a space therebetween containing at least a portion of said pressure producing and applying means.