ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,274,639, issued on April 15, was assigned to CONVATEC Ltd. (Flintshire, Great Britain).
"Method of forming an ostomy pouch" was invented by Kevin Evans (Flintshire, Great Britain) and Mark Jones (Flintshire, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of forming an ostomy pouch comprising: providing a film to form a first cavity wall and a second cavity wall; providing a comfort material to form a comfort layer; wherein the comfort material is a woven fabric material with a hot melt adhesive coating thereon; joining the first cavity wall to the second cavity wall at a first temperature and a first pressure for a first time perio...