Abstract: An ostomy pouch includes a front wall, a rear wall and an inlet for receiving human waste. The pouch has a comfort layer provided at least on the front wall. The comfort layer on the front wall has a colour with a value in the range L*=50.0 to 70.0, a*=+1.8 to +10.0 and b*=?0.9 to ?9.0 or +0.9 to +12.0 measured in the CIE L*a*b* colour code system.

Abstract: An intermittent catheter, preferably a female intermittent catheter, is provided in an assembly. The assembly may include a cap which may be attachable to the base of the assembly in use, and/or a seal which misaligns with sealing surfaces of a chamber wall and a moveable insert in use. It may have a two-step deployment, and/or a sheath that pulls out a storage chamber. Internal and external housing may define the storage chamber. The housing may have a filling aperture and/or the storage chamber may comprise an insert configured to move axially in response to rotation.

Abstract: An ostomy appliance that has inner and outer walls of flexible sheet material. The inner wall has a stomal inlet and the outer wall has a gas vent. A separation wall is between the inner and outer walls forming separate first and second chambers and has a liquid and gas permeable separation filter. In use the first chamber is arranged to receive stomal output directed into the ostomy appliance via the stomal inlet. The separation filter is arranged to communicate, from the stomal output in the first chamber, stomal liquid and stomal gas to the second chamber. The gas vent is arranged to allow the stomal gas to migrate from the second chamber to outside of the ostomy appliance.

Abstract: An example catheter includes a tubular body portion and a cuff. The tubular body portion has a proximal end portion and a distal end portion. The distal end portion defines a distal face of the tubular body portion. The cuff is mounted to the distal end portion and defines a distal face of the cuff. In certain embodiments, the tubular body portion terminates within the cuff such that the distal face of the body portion is positioned proximally of the distal face of the cuff. In certain embodiments, a pocket is formed between the cuff and the body portion. In certain embodiments, the body portion is more rigid than the cuff.

Abstract: An example catheter includes a tubular body portion and a cuff. The tubular body portion has a proximal end portion and a distal end portion. The distal end portion defines a distal face of the tubular body portion. The cuff is mounted to the distal end portion and defines a distal face of the cuff. In certain embodiments, the tubular body portion terminates within the cuff such that the distal face of the body portion is positioned proximally of the distal face of the cuff. In certain embodiments, a pocket is formed between the cuff and the body portion. In certain embodiments, the body portion is more rigid than the cuff.

Abstract: The invention relates to an ostomy pouch 10, 110. The pouch 10, 110 comprises an inner wall 18b, 118b and an outer wall 20b, 120b sealed about at least part of the periphery thereof to define a cavity for containing a stomal output. An inlet 22, 122 is provided into the cavity for receiving stomal output from an ostomate, in use. The cavity comprises multiple sections 12, 14, 16; 112, 114, 116 separated by waisted sections 13, 15; 113, 115. The maximum width of the sections 12, 14, 16; 112, 114, 116 has a greater width than a minimum width of the waisted section(s) 13, 15; 113, 115.

Abstract: Kit for use with A Selectively Configurable Wound Dressing A packaged kit of parts is provided for use with a selectively configurable wound dressing. The kit includes a piercing tool configured to pierce a covering layer of the wound dressing to produce an aperture therein and thereby configure the wound dressing for use in a pressure gradient wound therapy system. The kit may also include a) packaging indicating that the piercing tool is configured to pierce a covering layer of a wound dressing; (b) instructions instructing a user as to how to use the piecing tool; (c) one or more selectively configurable wound dressings; (d) a source of non-atmospheric pressure; (e) a port to connect the wound dressing to a source of non-atmospheric pressure; or (f) tubing for connection between a wound dressing and a source of non-atmospheric pressure. The kit is arranged within a sealed package.

Abstract: A wound dressing is selectively configurable for use in a pressure gradient wound therapy system and for use without a pressure gradient wound therapy system. The wound dressing can include a covering layer, an aperture and a microbial barrier. The microbial barrier can be arranged to cover the aperture.

Abstract: A biomarker detection device having a detection layer configured to detect one or more biomarkers in a biological sample and a transfer layer in direct contact with a first surface of the detection layer; wherein the transfer layer is configured to deliver the biological sample directly to the detection layer and wherein an observation window is provided on a second surface of the detection layer opposite the transfer layer and wherein there is no adhesive between the transfer layer and the detection layer in the region in register with the observation window. The detection layer may comprise two or more detection zones. The biomarker detection device may be part of a medical device, such as a swab receptacle. The device may comprise any one or more of: an adhesive layer, a label comprising a printed marking, a fixing element configured to attach or adhere the device to another object.

Abstract: An intermittent catheter, preferably a female intermittent catheter, is provided in an assembly. The assembly may include a cap which may be attachable to the base of the assembly in use, and/or a seal which misaligns with sealing surfaces of a chamber wall and a moveable insert in use. It may have a two-step deployment, and/or a sheath that pulls out a storage chamber. Internal and external housing may define the storage chamber. The housing may have a filling aperture and/or the storage chamber may comprise an insert configured to move axially in response to rotation.

Abstract: The disclosed technology relates to a wound dressing comprising an absorbent layer impregnated or coated with a composition comprising a chelating agent, an amphoteric surfactant, and an anionic surfactant. The invention further relates to methods and uses of the wound dressing.

Abstract: An ostomy pouch having a cavity for storing stomal output. The cavity is defined by a rear wall and a front wall joined at their peripheries and formed of flexible sheet material. The ostomy pouch further comprises a sheet of woven comfort material covering the outside surface of the front wall. The sheet of comfort material has an outside surface and an opposite inside surface, and the outside surface of the sheet of comfort material forms at least part of the outside surface of the pouch. The inside surface of the sheet of comfort material is laminated across its entire surface to a continuous layer of film material. At least part of the continuous layer of film material is adjacent, facing and unbonded to the outside surface of the front wall.

Abstract: The invention relates to an ostomy pouch 10. The pouch 10 includes inner and outer walls 18b, 20b of flexible sheet material which sealed about a periphery. The walls 18b, 20b define a cavity for containing a stomal output and a drain 32 for draining stomal output from the cavity. An opaque comfort layer 18a, 20a is provided, at over an outer surface of the inner and/or outer walls 18b, 20b. The drain 32 is moveable between a deployed position for draining the stomal output from the cavity and a stowed position for storage of the drain 32, with at least part of the drain 32 overlying a portion of the comfort layer 18a, 20a in the stowed position. The drain 32 is substantially opaque on one side, and at least partly transparent on an opposing side.

Abstract: A wound dressing is selectively configurable for use in a pressure gradient wound therapy system and for use without a pressure gradient wound therapy system. The wound dressing can include a pressure distribution layer and a covering layer. The covering layer includes an indicia, the indicia denoting the optimal position in the covering layer to create an aperture to provide fluid communication between the pressure distribution layer and a source of non-atmospheric pressure.

Abstract: An ostomy pouch includes a sheet of woven comfort material. The sheet of woven comfort material has an outside surface and an opposite inside surface. The outside surface of the sheet of woven comfort material forms at least part of the outside surface of the pouch, and at least part of the inside surface of the sheet of woven comfort material is coated with a web of hot-melt adhesive. A method of forming a sheet of comfort material for an ostomy pouch involves coating one side of a sheet of woven comfort material with a web of hot-melt adhesive to provide an inside surface comprising the coating. The web comprises a mass with a plurality of voids therein.

Abstract: An ostomy appliance having an appliance wall of flexible sheet material forming a cavity for containing a stomal output. The wall has a stomal inlet for receiving the stomal output and a gas vent for allowing the stomal gas to migrate out of the cavity. A filter arrangement is mounted to the appliance wall and has a filter channel extending from a filter channel inlet to a filter channel outlet. The filter channel inlet is located in the cavity for receiving the stomal output from the cavity and the filter channel outlet is mounted in communication with the gas vent for allowing stomal gas to migrate out of the filter channel to the gas vent. A separation element extends along the filter channel for maintaining the filter channel in an open configuration along part of the filter channel for allowing stomal gas to pass therethough.

Abstract: A wound dressing (10) includes a backing layer and a wound-site adhesive layer for adhering the backing layer to the wound. The backing layer has a shape including three lobes 14, 16, 18 in which each lobe is defined as an area enclosed by a pair of curved peripheral edges 14?, 14?, 16?, 16?, 18?, 18? which meet at an apex located therebetween 14??, 16??, 18??. Each lobe is separated from an adjacent lobe by a radial minima 26, 28, 30. The three lobes include a major lobe 14 and two minor lobes 16, 18. The major lobe has a length which is greater than each of the two minor lobes.

Abstract: An outlet valve for an ostomy appliance comprises an axle defining a hollow bore for receiving a liquid output from the ostomy appliance. The axle comprises a curved lateral wall. An outlet element comprises a cap arranged concentrically with the axle and an outlet tube affixed to the cap. A valve opening is defined in the curved lateral wall. The cap is rotatable around the axle to move from a closed configuration in which the valve opening is not in liquid communication with the outlet tube to an open configuration in which the valve opening is in liquid communication with the outlet tube. The outlet valve further comprises an outlet element seal configured to provide: sealing between the cap and the axle around a circumference of the axle; and sealing between the valve opening and the intake opening when the outlet element is in the closed configuration.

Abstract: An ostomy appliance comprising an inner wall and an outer wall that define a cavity for containing a stomal output, the ostomy appliance having an upper section, a lower section and a waisted section that is located between the upper section and the lower section. The upper section has a maximum width (A) that is greater than a maximum width (B) of the lower section and the waisted section has a minimum width (C) that is less than the maximum width (B) of the lower section. The waisted section has a left-hand edge that is smoothly rounded and a right-hand edge that is smoothly rounded, and both the left-hand edge and the right-hand edge smoothly blend, respectively, into left-hand edges and right-hand edges of the upper section and the lower section.

Abstract: A coupling assembly for an ostomy appliance that has a locking arrangement, a first coupling and a second coupling. The locking arrangement has a locking ring and first and second grips mounted to the locking ring. The locking ring is mounted to first and/or second coupling, forms an inner circumference and is adjustable between locked and unlocked configurations. In the locked configuration the locking ring is for maintaining the first and second couplings in a coupled configuration and the inner circumference is less than in the unlocked configuration. The first and second grips are positioned about the locking ring to be moveable towards one another to increase the inner circumference and adjust the locking ring from the locked configuration to the unlocked configuration.