US Patent Issued to CONVATEC on Dec. 30 for "Ostomy pouch" (British Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,508,150, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to CONVATEC Ltd. (Flintshire, Great Britain).

"Ostomy pouch" was invented by Alice Young (Flintshire, Great Britain), Sabrina Falloon (Flintshire, Great Britain) and Kevin Evans (Flintshire, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to an ostomy pouch 10. The pouch 10 includes inner and outer walls 18b, 20b of flexible sheet material which sealed about a periphery. The walls 18b, 20b define a cavity for containing a stomal output and a drain 32 for draining stomal output from the cavity. An opaque comfort layer 18a, 20a is provided, at over an outer surface of the inner an...