Expandable ostomy appliance

- Hollister Incorporated
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Description

FIG. 1 is a rear perspective view of an expandable ostomy appliance in an expanded state embodying our new design, an adhesive skin barrier being shown in dashed lines and forming no part of the claimed design;

FIG. 2 is a front view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a rear view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a side view thereof as seen from the right-hand side of FIG. 2, the opposite side being a mirror image thereof;

FIG. 5 is a bottom view thereof;

FIG. 6 is a top view thereof;

FIG. 7 is a rear perspective view of the expandable ostomy appliance in a compacted state with its bottom portion tucked in its top portion;

FIG. 8 is a front view of thereof in the compacted state; and,

FIG. 9 is a rear view thereof in the compacted state.

The broken line showing of an adhesive skin barrier on the expandable ostomy appliance is included for the purpose of illustrating environment and forms no part of the claimed design.

Claims

The ornamental design for an expandable ostomy appliance, as shown and described.

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Patent History
Patent number: D754848
Type: Grant
Filed: Jan 3, 2013
Date of Patent: Apr 26, 2016
Assignee: Hollister Incorporated (Libertyville, IL)
Inventors: Brock E. Masters (Toronto), Kimberly R. Hansford (Winthrop Harbor, IL), Tze Wan Pansy Chung (Fox River Grove, IL)
Primary Examiner: David Muller
Assistant Examiner: Nathan Johnston
Application Number: 29/441,280