ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,357,499, issued on July 15, was assigned to SALTS HEALTHCARE Ltd. (Birmingham, Great Britain).
"Ostomy appliance" was invented by Kieran Williams (Birmingham, Great Britain), Lee Tretheway (Birmingham, Great Britain), Iain Powner (Birmingham, Great Britain), Jesus Alfaro (Birmingham, Great Britain) and Marcus Allen (Birmingham, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An ostomy appliance comprising: first and second walls connected to each other at or near their peripheries, the first wall having a stoma-receiving opening; a connection member connected to the first wall for attaching the appliance to a user; an aperture located in ei...