US 11,717,434 B2
Medical device with an opening system
James Donald Jones, Jr., Bridgewater, NJ (US); and Gary Oberholtzer, Bridgewater, NJ (US)
Assigned to ConvaTec Technologies Inc., Las Vegas, NV (US)
Filed by CONVATEC TECHNOLOGIES INC., Las Vegas, NV (US)
Filed on Apr. 26, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/240,274.
Application 17/240,274 is a continuation of application No. 15/768,433, granted, now 11,039,950, previously published as PCT/US2016/057214, filed on Oct. 14, 2016.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/241,716, filed on Oct. 14, 2015.
Prior Publication US 2021/0244564 A1, Aug. 12, 2021
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61F 5/44 (2006.01); A61F 5/443 (2006.01); A61F 5/441 (2006.01); A61F 5/442 (2006.01); A61F 5/445 (2006.01)
CPC A61F 5/4407 (2013.01) [A61F 5/441 (2013.01); A61F 5/442 (2013.01); A61F 5/443 (2013.01); A61F 5/445 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A medical device, comprising:
a first wall and a second wall joined to the first wall such that a cavity is formed between the first wall and the second wall, the cavity having an outlet opening formed at a proximal end of the medical device;
a first deformable reinforcing member attached to the first wall, wherein the first deformable reinforcing member is deformable by manual application of pressure to lateral edges of the first deformable reinforcing member so as to radially distend the outlet opening, wherein the first deformable reinforcing member includes at least one first notch formed in at least one lateral edge thereof, and wherein each notch is configured to receive a portion of a user's digit to facilitate manual application of pressure to said lateral edges.