Patents Assigned to Coloplast A/S
  • Adhesive wafer with release liner
    Patent number: 11246740
    Abstract: An ostomy appliance comprising a wafer having an adhesive proximal side configured to be attached to a skin surface around an ostomy of a user and a distal side, a backing layer located on the distal side of the adhesive layer, a hole for accommodating a stoma. The adhesive side of the wafer is provided with a release liner, the release liner comprises frangible connections dividing the liner into segments that can be separately detached or the liner can be detached as a single unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: Coloplast A/S
    Inventor: Lars Olav Schertiger
  • Convex shell for use in a base plate of an ostomy appliance
    Patent number: 11246739
    Abstract: A convex shell for use in a base plate of an ostomy appliance includes an annular ring with a through-going hole and a plurality of grooves extending transversely across the annular ring. The grooves alter the flexibility of the annular ring as a first portion of the annular ring is folded around a folding axis toward a second portion of the annular ring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: Coloplast A/S
    Inventors: Bent Ekfeldt, Birthe Vestbo Andersen, Esben Strøbech, Michael Hansen, Kristoffer Hansen, Steffen Kongensbjerg Larsen, Matthew Laws, Liam O'Brien
  • Method of providing a person assigned female sex at birth with a neopenis
    Patent number: 11229518
    Abstract: A method of providing a person assigned female sex at birth with a neopenis includes forming a neophallus by inverting a wall of the vagina outside of a pelvis; and implanting a penile prosthetic into the neophallus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignee: Coloplast A/S
    Inventor: Rachael Anne Bergstrom Crabb
  • Incontinence treatment device having a first anchor assembly and a second anchor assembly
    Patent number: 11219515
    Abstract: An incontinence treatment device has first and second anchor assemblies. At least one of the first anchor assembly and the second anchor assembly is adjustable along the device and has a collar disposed over a body with a strand coupled to the device and located between the body and the collar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2022
    Assignee: Coloplast A/S
    Inventors: Randy Lee Morningstar, Michael M. Witzmann, Mark A. Moschel
  • Ostomy appliance
    Patent number: 11219547
    Abstract: An ostomy appliance (20) including a sealing wafer (22) with a first adhesive (32) having a first opening (34) configured to be attached to a skin surface around an ostomy of a user, and a bag (36) for collecting stomal output that includes a second adhesive (44) configured to engage with the skin surface radially outside of the sealing wafer. The sealing wafer and the bag are configured to be connectible to each other either in direct connection or by a coupling interface. One kind of coupling interface includes one or more pipe sections (50). The ostomy appliance allows for differentiation of adhesive types for different purposes, such as sealing and load carrying.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2022
    Assignee: Coloplast A/S
    Inventors: Lars Olav Schertiger, Lars Gudmand Pedersen
  • Coupling system for an ostomy appliance
    Patent number: 11213420
    Abstract: Embodiments provide a coupling system (3) for an ostomy appliance (1) comprising a sealing wafer (5) and a collecting bag (7). The coupling system comprises a first coupling part (9) and a second coupling part (11). The first and second coupling parts each encircle a stoma-receiving opening (17). The first and second coupling parts are configured to connect the sealing wafer to the collecting bag. The first coupling part comprises a first base portion (33), a second base portion (35) and a connecting portion (37) extending between the first and second base portions. The first base portion is arranged radially closer to the stoma-receiving opening than the second base portion. The first coupling part comprises an enclosed volume of air (10). The enclosed volume of air is enclosed at least in part by the first base portion, the second base portion and the connecting portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: Coloplast A/S
    Inventor: Lars Olav Schertiger
  • Kit of parts including a urological device
    Patent number: 11202697
    Abstract: A kit of parts includes a urological device and a catheter. The urological device has a stem defining a lumen, a valve connected to a proximal portion of the stem and located in the lumen, and a head part connected to the stem and extending radially around the valve. The catheter is adapted to insert the urological device into a urethra of a user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2021
    Assignee: Coloplast A/S
    Inventor: Niall Behan
  • Hydrated catheter with sleeve
    Patent number: 11167107
    Abstract: Embodiments provide a urinary catheter assembly comprising an outer package of gas-impermeable material and an intermittent urinary catheter arranged inside the outer package. The catheter comprises a proximal insertion end, a distal connection end, and a connector at the distal end. The connector defines a distal opening. The catheter assembly further comprises a sleeve of liquid-impermeable material configured to define at least part of a liquid tight enclosure. The enclosure encloses the insertable part of the catheter. The enclosure is closed by a first closure in the proximal end and a second closure in the distal end. The second closure is configured to be opened as the outer package is opened and the first closure is configured to be opened as the catheter and sleeve is removed from the outer package.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: Coloplast A/S
    Inventors: Lars Olav Schertiger, Chaabane Bougherara
  • Ostomy device
    Patent number: 11160681
    Abstract: Disclosed is an ostomy device with an adhesive wafer for attachment to a skin surface of a user and a collecting bag for collecting output from a stoma. The collecting bag is connected to the adhesive wafer, and the adhesive wafer has a through-going hole for accommodating the stoma of the user. The adhesive wafer includes a backing layer, a first switchable adhesive composition, a second adhesive composition, and a release liner. The first adhesive is contained in a recess in the device. The first switchable adhesive composition comprises a polymer and a switch initiator, and can be switched from a first liquid state to a second adhesive state by activation of the switch initiator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Assignee: Coloplast A/S
    Inventors: Esben Strøbech, Anders Grove Sund, Kristoffer Hansen, Michael Hansen
  • Catheter assembly with a protective sleeve inside of a package
    Patent number: 11154688
    Abstract: A urinary catheter assembly (1) for relieving urinary retention is provided, which comprises a package (3) housing a protective sleeve (5) and a catheter (7), the protective sleeve protecting the catheter. To allow a catheter to be removed from the package with or without a protective sleeve, the catheter assembly forms a removal structure configured for at least a first removal procedure and a second removal procedure. The first removal procedure provides simultaneous removal of the catheter and the protective sleeve from the package with the protective sleeve protecting the catheter, and the second removal procedure provides removal of the catheter from the package and retains the protective sleeve in the package.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignee: Coloplast A/S
    Inventor: Lars Olav Schertiger
  • Moisture assessment system and method for wound care
    Patent number: 11141100
    Abstract: A Wound Moisture and Assessment System includes a flexible coupon containing one or more electrochemical moisture sensors for measuring a moisture profile of a wound. The coupon is activated by a wireless RF scanner that provides power to the coupon for taking moisture measurements, receives the moisture measurements therefrom, and transmits the measurements to a computing device. The moisture measurements can be represented as a wound moisture map that allows a patient or caregiver to assess the health and healing progress of a wound such as an ulcer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignee: Coloplast A/S
    Inventors: Jeffrey N. Schoess, Matthew Allen Mueggenberg, Christopher Alan Taylor
  • Ostomy device
    Patent number: 11109997
    Abstract: An adaptable ostomy base plate having a substantially convex shape for initial engagement with a peristomal skin surface and can be inverted to a substantially concave shape to fittingly engage to a topography of the peristomal skin surface for permanent engagement thereto. The base plate comprises a reinforcement ring arranged on a distal surface of the top film and the inner section of the base plate, being inside the reinforcement ring is provided with undulations defined by a series of concentric ridges and valleys, said series progresses outwardly from the stoma-receiving through-going hole towards the reinforcement ring and at least partly under the reinforcement ring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignee: Coloplast A/S
    Inventors: Claus Oellgaard, Niels Pinholt
  • Ostomy appliance with a release liner with an enclosure
    Patent number: 11109996
    Abstract: An ostomy appliance comprising an adhesive wafer (2) for attachment to a skin surface of a user. The adhesive wafer includes a backing layer (13), an adhesive layer (12), and at least one release liner (17). The release liner comprises an enclosure (9) capable of containing a liquid or a wipe (14). The enclosure (9) can be filled with liquid before removal from the wafer, thereby providing a temperature impact on the adhesive. The wipe (14) can be impregnated with an activating agent for providing an activation of the adhesive prior to use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignee: Coloplast A/S
    Inventors: Esben Stroebech, Michael Hansen, Birthe Vestbo Andersen, Peter Kwok Hing Lam, Lars Olav Schertiger
  • Ostomy appliance having an electrode
    Patent number: 11096818
    Abstract: An ostomy appliance includes a first adhesive having a first surface and a second surface opposing the first surface. The first surface is provided to contact a partly electrically conductive object. The appliance also includes a first layer situated on the second surface of the first adhesive, and a first electrode situated on the first layer and electrically isolated from the first adhesive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: Coloplast A/S
    Inventors: Carsten Thirstrup, Daniel Nilsson, Henrik Pranov, Lars Lading
  • Emergency stop for a system and a method for anal and/or stomal irrigation
    Patent number: 11083834
    Abstract: A system for anal and/or stomal irrigation comprises a reservoir (102) for an irrigating liquid, a catheter (100) comprising a catheter tip for insertion into the rectum and/or stoma of a user and for expelling of the irrigating liquid from the catheter tip, the catheter further comprising an expandable retention element (104), such as a balloon. A pump (101) is provided to pump the irrigating liquid from the reservoir to the catheter tip, and a user-operable control interface (123;125) comprising a dedicated emergency stop zone (125) is provided for receiving user input to withdraw the irrigating liquid from the retention element (100) for purging thereof in any operational state of the system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Assignee: Coloplast A/S
    Inventors: Hans Falleboe, Marie Svane Rizk Vestergård
  • Tool useful for implanting a penile prosthesis
    Patent number: D931448
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignee: Coloplast A/S
    Inventor: Jeffrey Brian Taylor
  • Base plate for an ostomy bag
    Patent number: D932615
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Assignee: Coloplast A/S
    Inventor: Stephanie Knoedler
  • Cold sore patch applicator
    Patent number: D934415
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignee: Coloplast A/S
    Inventors: Henning Igwebuike, Boerge Gundersen
  • Package containing a debridement sponge
    Patent number: D941683
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignee: Coloplast A/S
    Inventors: Henning Igwebuike, Kent Hoeier Nielsen, Jesper Sejer Nielsen
  • Package containing a debridement sponge
    Patent number: D944098
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: Coloplast A/S
    Inventors: Jesper Sejer Nielsen, Katrine Thordal-Christensen