INFLATABLE OSTOMY DEVICE

Organization Name

boston scientific scimed, inc.

Inventor(s)

John Thomas Favreau of Charlton MA US

Seamus Finbarr O’shaughnessy of Chelmsford MA US

Gonzalo Jose Saenz Villalobos of Alajuela CR

Gian Franco Loo Fuchs of San Jose CR

Kevin Wood of Marlborough MA US

Wayner Acuna Ballestero of Atenas CR

Ignacio Alpizar Malavasi of San Jose CR

INFLATABLE OSTOMY DEVICE

This abstract first appeared for US patent application 20250143911 titled 'INFLATABLE OSTOMY DEVICE

Original Abstract Submitted

an ostomy device includes a base portion and an inflatable member. the portion includes a tubular body extending from a first end to a second end. the portion is sized, shaped, and configured to be received within an opening of an abdominal wall to connect an end of an intestine to the opening of the abdominal wall to form a stoma. the member is coupled to the portion. the member defines a hole extending therethrough. the hole is configured to receive a portion of an intestine proximate the stoma therethrough. in an operative configuration, the member movable between a deflated configuration, in which the stoma is maintained in an open position, and an inflated configuration, in which the member expands to decrease a size of the hole such that a radial inward pressure is applied to a portion of the intestine received therein to close the stoma.