US 12,447,040 B2
Ostomy pouch
Clare Holden, Flintshire (GB)
Assigned to CONVATEC LIMITED, Flintshire (GB)
Filed by ConvaTec Limited, Flintshire (GB)
Filed on Jun. 1, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/335,584.
Application 17/335,584 is a continuation of application No. PCT/GB2021/051340, filed on Jun. 1, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 2008262 (GB), filed on Jun. 2, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0369491 A1, Dec. 2, 2021
Int. Cl. A61F 5/445 (2006.01)
CPC A61F 5/445 (2013.01) 9 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An ostomy pouch comprising a sheet of woven comfort material, the sheet of woven comfort material having an outside surface and an opposite inside surface, wherein the outside surface of the sheet of woven comfort material forms at least part of the outside surface of the pouch, and the inside surface of the sheet of woven comfort material is coated with a hot-melt adhesive over an entire area of the sheet of woven comfort material, the hot-melt adhesive comprising a web comprising a mass and a plurality of voids in the mass making up at least 50% of the web; wherein a layer of the sheet of woven comfort material covering a front of the pouch comprises an upper part and a lower part, which overlap in an overlap region wherein the lower part is selectively separable from the upper part at the overlap region; and the hot-melt adhesive is provided on both the upper part and the lower part in the overlap region such that the upper part and lower part remain positioned adjacent one another along the overlap region unless the upper part and lower part are separated from one another at the overlap region by a user.