ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,295,875, issued on May 13, was assigned to CONVATEC Ltd. (Flintshire, Great Britain).
"Ostomy appliance coupling assembly" was invented by Simon Holroyd (London), Dominic Baker (London), Stefan Taal (London) and Marko Plevnik (London).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A coupling assembly for an ostomy appliance that has a locking arrangement, a first coupling and a second coupling. The locking arrangement has a locking ring and first and second grips mounted to the locking ring. The locking ring is mounted to first and/or second coupling, forms an inner circumference and is adjustable between locked and unlocked configurations. In the locked...