ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,290,468, issued on May 6, was assigned to KOREA UNIVERSITY RESEARCH AND BUSINESS FOUNDATION (Seoul, South Korea).
"Ostomy appliance" was invented by Kwangdae Hong (Seoul, South Korea) and Jaeyoung Kim (Seoul, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An ostomy appliance according to an embodiment of the present invention comprises: an attachment part attached to the skin of a user; a cover assembly part disposed on the top surface of the attachment part and continuously dispensing plastic film into which excrement flows; and a sealing part that is coupled to one side of the cover assembly part and thermally seals a portion of the dispen...