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Sealing material for ostomy devices
Assignee: Coloplast International AS
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Filing: 1978-05-17
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Granted: 1980-11-04
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Expires: 1998-05-17
Abstract
Abstract The invention relates to a sealing material for use in connection with ostomy devices, particularly stoma pouches, to surround and protect a stoma in the human body. The improvement is that the material is a shaped, gel-like composition composed of a largely continuous phase consisting of a physically cross-linked elastomer or a mixture of such elastomers, and preferably, but optionally, one or more hydrocarbon tackifier resins and likewise optionally, but preferably, an oil extender; and distributed in the continuous phase one or more hydrocolloids. The gel-like composition has a low resistance to quick deformation and a rapid recovery to the original shape after deformation.
Inventors
- 👤 Erik L. Sorensen
- 👤 Hans-Ole Larsen
Bibliographic Details
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US
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-23 18:14
CPC Classifications
C; C09; C09K; C09K3/00; C09K3/10; C09K3/1006; C09K3/1015; A; A61; A61F; A61F5/00; A61F5/44; A61F5/443; A61L; A61L24/00; A61L24/04; A61L24/043; C08; C08L; C08L1/00; C08L1/08; C08L1/26; C08L1/28; C08L1/286; A61L2400/00; A61L2400/14; C09K2200/00; C09K2200/04; C09K2200/0447; C09K2200/06; C09K2200/0615; C09K2200/0642
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 24
Claim 1
Independent Claim
179 words
In an ostomy system for covering intestinal and similar stomas in a human body, comprising an ostomy device surrounding or covering said stoma and attached to the human body by sealing means, the improvement which comprises utilizing as a sealing means a shaped, gel-like composition comprising at least one physically cross-linked elastomer selected from the group consisting of styrene-olefin-styrene block copolymers and ethylene-propylene block copolymers, forming a continuous phase and at least one hydrocolloid dispersed therein, said hydrocolloid being selected from the group consisting of guar gum, pectin, sodium carboxymethyl cellulose, sodium polyacrylate, and mixtures thereof, said compositions also containing a hydrocarbon tackifier selected from the group consisting of polymers and copolymers of dicylopentadiene, alpha-pinene or beta-pinene, and wherein said gel-like composition has a low resistance to quick deformation and a rapid recovery to its original shape after deformation, whereby the seal between the ostomy device and epidermis of the human body as well as the seal between the stoma and the portion of epidermis exposable to discharge from the stoma are maintained intact, even under rapid body movement.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
179 words
In an ostomy system for covering intestinal and similar stomas in a human body, comprising an ostomy device surrounding or covering said stoma and attached to the human body by sealing means, the improvement which comprises utilizing as a sealing means a shaped, gel-like composition comprising at least one physically cross-linked elastomer selected from the group consisting of styrene-olefin-styrene block copolymers and ethylene-propylene block copolymers, forming a continuous phase and at least one hydrocolloid dispersed therein, said hydrocolloid being selected from the group consisting of guar gum, pectin, sodium carboxymethyl cellulose, sodium polyacrylate, and mixtures thereof, said compositions also containing a hydrocarbon tackifier selected from the group consisting of polymers and copolymers of dicylopentadiene, alpha-pinene or beta-pinene, and wherein said gel-like composition has a low resistance to quick deformation and a rapid recovery to its original shape after deformation, whereby the seal between the ostomy device and epidermis of the human body as well as the seal between the stoma and the portion of epidermis exposable to discharge from the stoma are maintained intact, even under rapid body movement.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
18 words
An ostomy system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the styrene-olefine-styrene block copolymer is a styrene-isopropene-styrene block copolymer.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
18 words
An ostomy system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the physically cross-linked elastomer is an ethylene-propylene block copolymer.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
19 words
An ostomy system as claimed in claim 1, wherein at least part of the hydrocolloid is sodium carboxymethyl cellulose.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
18 words
An ostomy system as claimed in claim 1, wherein at least part of the hydrocolloid is guar gum.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
26 words
An ostomy system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the gel-like composition further contains at least one oil extender which forms part of the continuous phase.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
25 words
An ostomy system as claimed in claim 6, wherein the oil extender is selected from the class consisting of paraffin oils, polybutene and vegetable oils.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
47 words
An ostomy system as claimed in claim 6, wherein the gel-like composition contains about 48-57% by weight of the hydrocolloid, about 9-10% by weight of the physically cross-linked elastomer, about 17-20% by weight of the hydrocarbon tackifier resin and about 15-25% by weight of the extender oil.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
65 words
An ostomy system as claimed in claim 6, wherein the gel-like composition is composed of 9-10% by weight of styrene-isoprene-styrene block copolymer as the physically cross-linked elastomer, 17-20% by weight of fully hydrogenated poly-dicyclopentadiene tackifier resin, 17-20% by weight of liquid paraffin as oil extender, 33-39% by weight of sodium carboxymethyl cellulose as one and 15-17% by weight of guar gum as the other hydrocolloid.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
16 words
An ostomy system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the gel-like composition further contains an antioxidant.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
20 words
An ostomy system as claimed in claim 10, wherein the antioxidant is selected from the class consisting of butylated hydroxytoluenes.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
23 words
An ostomy system as claimed in claim 10, wherein the amount of antioxidant in the gel-like composition does not exceed 2% by weight.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
42 words
An ostomy system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the gel-like composition contains from about 20 to 80% by weight of the hydrocolloid, about 5-50% by weight of the hydrocarbon resin tackifier and about 2-40% by weight of the physically cross-linked elastomer.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
38 words
An ostomy system as claimed in claim 13, wherein the gel-like composition contains about 40-65% by weight of the hydrocolloid, about 15-35% by weight of the hydrocarbon tackifier resin and 4-15% by weight of the physically cross-linked elastomer.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
39 words
An ostomy system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the shaped gel-like composition is shaped as a polygonal to circular disc with a substantially circular opening substantially fitting the outer perimeter of a protruding stoma in a patient's body.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
166 words
In an ostomy system for covering intestinal and similar stomas in a human body, comprising an ostomy device surrounding or covering said stoma and attached to the human body by sealing means, the improvement which comprises utilizing as a sealing means a shaped, gel-like composition comprising at least one physically cross-linked elastomer selected from the group consisting of styrene-olefin-styrene block copolymers and ethylene-propylene block copolymers, forming a continuous phase and at least one hydrocolloid dispersed therein, said hydrocolloid being selected from the group consisting of guar gum, pectin, sodium carboxymethyl cellulose, sodium polyacrylate, and mixtures thereof, said compositions also containing a terpene resin tackifier, and wherein said gel-like composition has a low resistance to quick deformation and a rapid recovery to its original shape after deformation, whereby the seal between the ostomy device and epidermis of the human body as well as the seal between the stoma and the portion of epidermis exposable to discharge from the stoma are maintained intact, even under rapid body movement.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
166 words
In an ostomy system for covering intestinal and similar stomas in a human body, comprising an ostomy device surrounding or covering said stoma and attached to the human body by sealing means, the improvement which comprises utilizing as a sealing means a shaped, gel-like composition comprising at least one physically cross-linked elastomer selected from the group consisting of styrene-olefin-styrene block copolymers and ethylene-propylene block copolymers, forming a continuous phase and at least one hydrocolloid dispersed therein, said hydrocolloid being selected from the group consisting of guar gum, pectin, sodium carboxymethyl cellulose, sodium polyacrylate, and mixtures thereof, said compositions also containing a terpene resin tackifier, and wherein said gel-like composition has a low resistance to quick deformation and a rapid recovery to its original shape after deformation, whereby the seal between the ostomy device and epidermis of the human body as well as the seal between the stoma and the portion of epidermis exposable to discharge from the stoma are maintained intact, even under rapid body movement.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
29 words
An ostomy system as claimed in claim 16, wherein the gel-like composition also contains an oil extender selected from the class consisting of paraffin oil, polybutene and vegetable oils.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
23 words
An ostomy system as claimed in claim 12, wherein the oil extender is present in amount ranging in amount from 10-30% by weight.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
44 words
An ostomy system as claimed in claim 17, wherein the gel-like composition contains from 48-57% by weight of the hydrocolloid, about 9-10% by weight of the physically cross-linked elastomer, about 17-20% of hydrocarbon resin tackifier and about 19-20% by weight of the oil extender.
Claim 22
Dependent Claim
17 words
An ostomy system as claimed in claim 16, wherein at least part of hydrocolloid is guar gum.
Claim 23
Dependent Claim
19 words
An ostomy system as claimed in claim 16, wherein at least part of the hydrocolloid is sodium carboxymethyl cellulose.
Claim 24
Dependent Claim
43 words
An ostomy system as claimed in claim 16, wherein the gel-like composition contains from about 2 to 40% by weight of the physically cross-linked block copolymer, about 5-50% by weight of a terpene resin tackifier and about 20-80% by weight of the hydrocolloid.
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