US Patent Issued to Hollister on March 18 for "Skin barrier including skin friendly ingredients" (Illinois Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,251,331, issued on March 18, was assigned to Hollister Inc. (Libertyville, Ill.).

"Skin barrier including skin friendly ingredients" was invented by Bettakeri S. Udayakumar (Darien, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A skin barrier for an ostomy appliance includes at least one layer of skin barrier material and skin friendly ingredients provided only on a skin contact surface or in a skin contact layer of the skin barrier."

The patent was filed on May 24, 2018, under Application No. 16/613,350.

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