ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,239,568, issued on March 4, was assigned to MyOstomy LLC (Chandler, Ariz.).
"Methods and apparatus for a stoma covering device" was invented by Zachary James Cates (Chandler, Ariz.) and Krishna Venkatesh (Chandler, Ariz.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A stoma covering device according to various aspects of the present technology may comprise an open ended body having an internal receiving area configured to receive and be positioned over the stoma to temporarily cover the stoma during the changing process of an ostomy device or wafer. The open ended body may be configured to be held in place in a hands-free manner and without the aid of ...