US 12,121,470 B1
Disposable tube for use during ostomy appliance attachment
Mark A Kelly, Frontenac, MO (US)
Filed by Mark A Kelly, Frontenac, MO (US)
Filed on Jun. 6, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/735,686.
Application 18/735,686 is a continuation in part of application No. 17/837,672, filed on Jun. 10, 2022, abandoned.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/209,083, filed on Jun. 10, 2021.
Int. Cl. A61F 5/445 (2006.01); A61F 5/44 (2006.01)
CPC A61F 5/445 (2013.01) [A61F 2005/4402 (2013.01)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A cupping tube for collecting fluid from a stoma comprising a hollow cone seated on a hollow stepped conical frustrum, said cone formed of a flexible or compressible material and said stepped conical frustrum formed of a rigid, non-compressible material, said stepped conical frustrum having an upper and a lower tier, said lower tier having an outer wall with a flat upper surface upon which a base of the cone is seated, said stepped conical frustrum having an inner wall that slopes outwardly towards a base of the stepped conical frustrum at a lower angle than the outer wall makes to the lower base of the stepped conical frustrum to maximize contact area with a base of the stoma.