US 11,957,615 B2
Ostomy collection and drainage system
Anthony Scalise, Libertyville, IL (US); Jan Torstensen, Virum (DK); Christina Augustyn, Chicago, IL (US); Peter L. Visconti, Gurnee, IL (US); Patrick C. Tetzlaff, Caledonia, WI (US); and Brian T. Leadingham, Pleasant Prairie, WI (US)
Assigned to Hollister Incorporated, Libertyville, IL (US)
Appl. No. 16/980,264
Filed by Hollister Incorporated, Libertyville, IL (US)
PCT Filed Apr. 1, 2019, PCT No. PCT/US2019/025147
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Sep. 11, 2020,
PCT Pub. No. WO2019/221830, PCT Pub. Date Nov. 21, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/673,108, filed on May 17, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0022911 A1, Jan. 28, 2021
Int. Cl. A61F 5/448 (2006.01); A61F 5/44 (2006.01)
CPC A61F 5/448 (2013.01) [A61F 5/4407 (2013.01); A61F 2005/4486 (2013.01)] 6 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An ostomy collection and drainage system comprising:
an ostomy pouch having an outer wall defining an internal collection area;
an inlet opening formed in the outer wall in fluid communication with the internal collection area;
an outlet body connected to the outer wall and having an outlet opening extending therethrough in fluid communication with the internal collection area, the outlet body having one of a latch and a catch;
a closure configured for removable coupling to the outlet body, the closure comprising a first plug having a first plug opening extending therethrough, the first plug removably coupled to the outlet body by way of friction engagement with the outlet body in the outlet opening, and a second plug, the second plug removably coupled to the first plug by way of friction engagement with the first plug in the first plug opening;
a flexible member extending between the first plug and the outlet body to connect the first plug to the outlet body; and
an adapter configured for removable coupling to the outlet body, the adapter having an adapter opening extending therethrough and the other of the latch and the catch,
wherein the adapter and the closure are interchangeably coupled to the outlet body such that in a first condition the adapter is coupled to the outlet body by way of engagement of the catch and the latch, and in a second condition the closure is coupled to the outlet body by way of frictional engagement of the first plug with the outlet body in the outlet opening.