ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,472,087, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to Coloplast A/S (Humlebaek, Denmark).
"Valve for a urostomy appliance" was invented by Christen Hagstroem (Glostrup, Denmark) and Jakob Bak Jaepelt (Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A valve (10) for draining fluid from a urostomy pouch (5), where the valve (10) comprises a first valve portion (20) comprising a head portion (24), an inlet (15), a stem (6), a first bore (22), at least one outlet opening (23) and a distal end closure (15), a second valve portion (30) comprising a sleeve (7), a second bore (32) and a valve outlet (33), wherein the stem (6) and the sleeve (7) are th...