US 12,433,781 B2
Tools and methods for placing an ostomy appliance on a user
Jais Ask Hansen, Jaegerspris (DK); Niels Hvid, Vedbaek (DK); Daniel Gewecke Daugaard-Jensen, Frederiksberg (DK); Peter Flintholm Soerensen, Aarhus (DK); Dan Boegsted Andersen, Copenhagen (DK); and Niels Kristian Mäkinen Andersen, Glostrup (DK)
Assigned to Coloplast A/S, Humlebaek (DK)
Filed by Coloplast A/S, Humlebaek (DK)
Filed on Nov. 4, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/980,573.
Application 17/980,573 is a continuation of application No. 16/955,051, granted, now 11,534,323, previously published as PCT/DK2018/050394, filed on Dec. 20, 2018.
Claims priority of application No. PA 2017 70995 (DK), filed on Dec. 22, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2023/0117727 A1, Apr. 20, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61F 5/44 (2006.01); A61B 90/00 (2016.01); A61F 5/445 (2006.01); G06V 10/82 (2022.01); G06V 10/44 (2022.01); G06V 10/46 (2022.01)
CPC A61F 5/4404 (2013.01) [A61B 90/361 (2016.02); A61B 90/37 (2016.02); A61F 5/445 (2013.01); G06V 10/82 (2022.01); A61B 2560/0223 (2013.01); G06V 10/454 (2022.01); G06V 10/462 (2022.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for guiding the placement of an ostomy appliance on a user having a stoma, comprising:
capturing image data of the user applying the ostomy appliance to the user's body;
processing the captured image data, including:
identifying a location of the stoma;
identifying a location of the ostomy appliance; and
generating location indicia representative of the location of the ostomy appliance with respect to the stoma; and
providing a visual display including the location indicia.