ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,295,873, issued on May 13, was assigned to LEGNA MEDIKAL TEKNOLOJI SANAYI VE TICARET A.S. (Istanbul).
"Urinary system making the involuntary excretion occuring after colostomy, ileostomy and urostomy voluntary" was invented by Onur Tekeli (Istanbul), Kenan Kursun (Istanbul) and Ozgur Er (Antalya, Turkey).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A urinary system is used to excrete the contents of the large intestine, small intestine and urinary bladder through the stoma after colostomy, ileostomy and urostomy and makes the involuntary excretion occurring in the stoma voluntary and is connected to the bottom adapter adhering to the skin such that it ...