US 12,036,038 B2
Ostomy appliance comprising thermal sensors
Jonas P. Carlsson, Chicago, IL (US); Michael P. Nolan, Chicago, IL (US); Christina Augustyn, Chicago, IL (US); James Brandon Barker, Antioch, IL (US); Ryan S. Park, Northbrook, IL (US); Scott Janis, El Cerrito, CA (US); Stephanie Henze, San Mateo, CA (US); Christopher Michael Wlezien, Evanston, IL (US); Somasunder Vijay Sekaran, San Francisco, CA (US); Germain Verbrackel, San Francisco, CA (US); Robert Lane, Larkspur, CA (US); Scott E. Liddle, Raleigh, NC (US); Stephanie Musinsky, Raleigh, NC (US); and Kyle A. Matthews, Chapel Hill, NC (US)
Assigned to HOLLISTER INCORPORATED, Libertyville, IL (US)
Appl. No. 17/282,938
Filed by Hollister Incorporated, Libertyville, IL (US)
PCT Filed Oct. 3, 2019, PCT No. PCT/US2019/054496
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Apr. 5, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/076609, PCT Pub. Date Apr. 16, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/807,504, filed on Feb. 19, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/743,261, filed on Oct. 9, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0386368 A1, Dec. 16, 2021
Int. Cl. A61B 5/00 (2006.01); A61F 5/443 (2006.01); C08L 33/10 (2006.01); C08L 75/04 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 5/4851 (2013.01) [A61B 5/0008 (2013.01); A61F 5/443 (2013.01); C08L 33/10 (2013.01); C08L 75/04 (2013.01); A61B 2562/0271 (2013.01)] 22 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An ostomy appliance comprising:
a skin barrier; and
a leak detection system attached to the skin barrier, the leak detection system comprising:
at least one thermistor configured to operate in a self-heating mode to measure a change in temperature (ΔT) of the ostomy appliance; and
a first electrical interface, wherein the at least one thermistor is connected to the first electrical interface via an electrical circuitry.