06.09.16
Donna E. Luce, Duncanville, TX. Filed by Donna E. Luce, Duncanville, TX.
Filed: 3/15/13
Issued: 3/1/16
A support for an ostomy appliance absorbent article, comprising: a dome-shaped semi-rigid support plate structure having a body-facing concave interior surface and a garment-facing convex exterior surface, said semi-rigid support plate structure adapted to provide support to an ostomy appliance absorbent article that surrounds an ostomy appliance flange that is proximately located near a stoma of an ostomy site; said body-facing concave interior surface having a concave shape that creates a concave interior cavity that is adapted to receive said ostomy appliance absorbent article; said garment-facing convex exterior surface having a convex shape that lies on the opposite reciprocal side from said body-facing concave interior surface of said support plate structure, wherein said convex shape of said garment-facing convex exterior surface curves outwardly away from said body; an aperture extending through said body-facing concave interior surface and garment-facing convex exterior surface of said semi-rigid support plate structure, said aperture adapted to substantially align with said ostomy appliance flange; a flat body-facing landing zone edge extending around the circumferential periphery of said body-facing interior concave surface thereby defining an edge boundary of said dome-shaped semi-rigid support plate and encloses the peripheral edge of said body-facing interior concave surface of said semi-rigid support plate structure, said peripheral edge boundary being adjacent the peripheral border of an ostomate faceplate, said flat body-facing landing zone edge configured to lie adjacent to said absorbent article to maintain positioning of absorbent article relative to said ostomate faceplate; and wherein said support is made of a flexible, rigid material having a thickness ranging from 1/16 inch to 1/8 inch and is worn in a transverse direction on ostomate abdomen between said ostomate faceplate and an ostomy pouch.
Filed: 3/15/13
Issued: 3/1/16
A support for an ostomy appliance absorbent article, comprising: a dome-shaped semi-rigid support plate structure having a body-facing concave interior surface and a garment-facing convex exterior surface, said semi-rigid support plate structure adapted to provide support to an ostomy appliance absorbent article that surrounds an ostomy appliance flange that is proximately located near a stoma of an ostomy site; said body-facing concave interior surface having a concave shape that creates a concave interior cavity that is adapted to receive said ostomy appliance absorbent article; said garment-facing convex exterior surface having a convex shape that lies on the opposite reciprocal side from said body-facing concave interior surface of said support plate structure, wherein said convex shape of said garment-facing convex exterior surface curves outwardly away from said body; an aperture extending through said body-facing concave interior surface and garment-facing convex exterior surface of said semi-rigid support plate structure, said aperture adapted to substantially align with said ostomy appliance flange; a flat body-facing landing zone edge extending around the circumferential periphery of said body-facing interior concave surface thereby defining an edge boundary of said dome-shaped semi-rigid support plate and encloses the peripheral edge of said body-facing interior concave surface of said semi-rigid support plate structure, said peripheral edge boundary being adjacent the peripheral border of an ostomate faceplate, said flat body-facing landing zone edge configured to lie adjacent to said absorbent article to maintain positioning of absorbent article relative to said ostomate faceplate; and wherein said support is made of a flexible, rigid material having a thickness ranging from 1/16 inch to 1/8 inch and is worn in a transverse direction on ostomate abdomen between said ostomate faceplate and an ostomy pouch.