Abstract: A tampon or closure device for insertion into an external opening of an artificial or natural body canal of an animal or human being includes a resilient compressed plug-like body of a molded material, the body having a longitudinal direction and being expandable to a cross-sectional dimension ensuring closure of the body canal when inserted in the opening with the longitudinal direction extending longitudinally in the canal. The body is provided with a withdrawal handle element protruding from the body and connected with an anchor part encapsulated in the body and having a relatively large bearing face against the surrounding molded material of the body. The handle element and anchor part are made from a material with a knitted structure to provide a 3-dimensional bond to the molded material of the body where the anchor part is designed as a soft flexible element oriented in the longitudinal direction.

Abstract: An ostomy appliance is a convex product where a layer of adhesive is present to the convex side of the product. The adhesive is present on a thermoplastic carrier sheet disposed between the adhesive and a ring-shaped body having a convex proximal side, and the carrier sheet is attached, e.g. by welding, to the ring-shaped body along the inner periphery and the outer periphery thereof. At its peripheral, plane part, the appliance has a plane layer of a thermostable material, such as paper, in close connection with the adhesive. The thermostable material extends radially outside the outer periphery of the ring-shaped body and provides stability during thermoforming.