Patents Assigned to ConvTec Technologies Inc.
  • Controlled evacuation ostomy appliance
    Patent number: 8217221
    Abstract: A controlled evacuation ostomy appliance including a collection pouch, and an urging device for applying a sealing force through the pouch wall to seal the stoma. The pouch wall may seal directly against the stoma, or the pouch may have an internal sealing member that is pressed by the pouch wall against the stoma. The urging device provides an adjustable sealing force. The pouch may be disposable. The urging device may be reusable with a replacement pouch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2012
    Assignee: ConvTec Technologies Inc.
    Inventors: Geraint Davies, John Cline, Christopher C. Gregory, Alan Cucknell, Julian Scarfe, Pete Cauwood
  • Relating to socks
    Patent number: 8075507
    Abstract: A sock suitable for wearing on a limb of a patient, the sock comprising material having the ability to wick moisture away from the skin surface and the sock comprising padding located in those areas of the sock which in use will cover the ankle and shin of the patient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2011
    Assignee: ConvTec Technologies Inc.
    Inventors: Patrick G. Linnane, Paul Hanmer, David G. Wild, Duncan J. Rowley, Ian S. Tabron, Wayne L. Bonnefin, Simon M. Adams