US 11,998,473 B2
Tools and methods for cutting holes in a medical appliance
Jais Ask Hansen, Jaegerspris (DK); Niels Hvid, Vedbaek (DK); Daniel Gewecke Daugaard-Jensen, Frederiksberg (DK); Peter Flintholm Soerensen, Aarhus C (DK); Dan Boegsted Andersen, Copenhagen OE (DK); and Niels Kristian Mäkinen Andersen, Glostrup (DK)
Assigned to Coloplast A/S, Humlebaek (DK)
Appl. No. 16/955,791
Filed by Coloplast A/S, Humlebaek (DK)
PCT Filed Dec. 20, 2018, PCT No. PCT/DK2018/050387
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jun. 19, 2020,
PCT Pub. No. WO2019/120431, PCT Pub. Date Jun. 27, 2019.
Claims priority of application No. PA 2017 70987 (DK), filed on Dec. 22, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2020/0337882 A1, Oct. 29, 2020
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61F 5/44 (2006.01); A61F 5/443 (2006.01); A61F 5/445 (2006.01)
CPC A61F 5/4404 (2013.01) [A61F 5/443 (2013.01); A61F 5/445 (2013.01)] 33 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method performed by an accessory device in connection with a medical appliance configured to be placed on a user having a stoma, comprising:
capturing one or more images of the user's stoma;
processing the images, including:
identifying the stoma; and
generating indicia representative of a cutting line for the medical appliance as a function of the identified stoma, wherein the cutting line defines a hole to be formed on the medical appliance; and
providing a visual display including:
an appliance representation; and
the indicia on the appliance representation.