ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,447,040, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to CONVATEC Ltd. (Flintshire, Great Britain).
"Ostomy pouch" was invented by Clare Holden (Flintshire, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An ostomy pouch includes a sheet of woven comfort material. The sheet of woven comfort material has an outside surface and an opposite inside surface. The outside surface of the sheet of woven comfort material forms at least part of the outside surface of the pouch, and at least part of the inside surface of the sheet of woven comfort material is coated with a web of hot-melt adhesive. A method of forming a sheet of comfort material for an ostomy pouch...