Patent ID: 6852100

Claim:
An ostomy pouch for collecting waste excreted from a human body through a stoma, the pouch including an envelope formed of a plastic material defining a waste collection chamber, said envelope having an interior surface portion, the envelope having an opening for encircling a stoma, the envelope fitting to the human body around the stoma, the envelope having a carrier including an absorbent pad that carries and releases at least one malodour counteractant, said carrier being fixedly attached directly or indirectly to the interior surface portion of the envelope near the stomal opening, said carrier being encased against said interior surface portion by a liquid permeable cover, said carrier being unvented directly to the exterior of the pouch, said cover preventing direct contact of said malodour conteractant by a stoma while permitting the body waste to contact the absorbent pad, said absorbent pad being a composite of one or more of the following: (i) separate layers of; (1) tissue paper, (2) sodium polyacrylate, glycerol, water, and (3) tissue paper; (ii) separate layers of; (1) tissue paper, (2) viscose and super-absorbent fibres, and (3) tissue paper; (iii) separate layers of; (1) tissue paper, (2) viscose and super-absorbent fibres; and (iv) polyvinyl alcohol fibres and super-absorbent fibres.