Patent · US Expired

Adhesive faecal collector with optimal aperture

US6406464B1 · kind B1 · utility

17Cited by

6References

8Claims

0Family size

Assignee

The Procter & Gamble Company · US

Inventors

Gianfranco Palumbo · Bad Homburg vor der Höhe, DE
Vincenzo D'Acchioli · Kobe, JP
Peter Coles · Kelkheim, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Dec 20, 1999
Grant date	Jun 18, 2002
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Dec 20, 2019

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY10S977/902
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A faecal management device having a flange or abutting the perianal region of a wearer. The flange has an aperture therethrough. The aperture has a contour defined by two mutually perpendicularly oriented ellipses.

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