US 12,239,568 B2
Methods and apparatus for a stoma covering device
Zachary James Cates, Chandler, AZ (US); and Krishna Venkatesh, Chandler, AZ (US)
Assigned to MyOstomy LLC, Chandler, AZ (US)
Filed by MyOstomy, LLC, Chandler, AZ (US)
Filed on May 6, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/739,019.
Prior Publication US 2023/0355424 A1, Nov. 9, 2023
Int. Cl. A61F 5/445 (2006.01)
CPC A61F 5/445 (2013.01) [A61F 2005/4455 (2013.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
2. A two-piece stoma covering device consisting of:
a stoma cap portion for use in cleaning and preparing a stoma protruding from a user and a compressible ball portion connected to the stoma cap portion for use in creating negative pressure within the mid-body section, the stoma cap comprising:
a first open end with a first diameter, the first open end having an outer peripheral edge configured to receive at least a portion of a stoma therein;
a second open end having a peripheral outer edge having a second diameter, the second open end having a cylindrical outer shape;
a mid-body section having a continuous inner wall extending between the first open end and the second open end, the continuous inner wall being continuous in that it has no otheropenings between the first open end and the second open end;
the compressible ball portion comprising:
a compressible ball having an air chamber, a passage extending from the air chamber and a continuous inner wall surrounding the air chamber, the continuous inner wall being continuous in that it has no other openings other than the passage, the compressible ball formed of a resilient material configured to compress and uncompress the air chamber through manual manipulation by the user;
an insertion end extending from the compressible ball, the passage extending through the insertion end, the insertion end having a cylindrical outer shape sized to engage with the second open end to create a seal between the compressible ball portion and the stoma cap portion;
wherein when the stoma cap portion is placed over the stoma so that at least a portion of the stoma is received into the stoma cap, manual manipulation of the compressible ball portion by the user creates negative pressure within the mid-body section through the single passage such that the two-piece stoma covering device is maintained in its location to the stoma in a hands-free manner without any manual support by the user or any other support except by the negative pressure throughout the user cleaning and conditioning the skin around the stoma and placing an ostomy wafer around the two-piece stoma covering device and stoma and against the user's skin surrounding the stoma.