公开(公告)号：US11717434B2

公开(公告)日：2023-08-08

申请号：US17240274

申请日：2021-04-26

Applicant: CONVATEC TECHNOLOGIES INC.

Inventor： James Donald Jones, Jr. ,  Gary Oberholtzer

IPC: A61F5/44 ,  A61F5/443 ,  A61F5/441 ,  A61F5/442 ,  A61F5/445

CPC classification number: A61F5/4407 ,  A61F5/441 ,  A61F5/442 ,  A61F5/443 ,  A61F5/445

Abstract: A medical device according to certain embodiments generally includes a first wall, a second wall, and a first deformable reinforcing member. The first wall and the second wall are joined to one another such that a cavity is formed between the first wall and the second wall. The cavity has an outlet opening formed at a proximal end of the medical device. The first deformable reinforcing member is attached to the first wall, and is deformable by manual application of pressure to lateral edges of the first deformable reinforcing member so as to radially distend the outlet opening. The first deformable reinforcing member includes at least one first notch formed in at least one lateral edge thereof. Each notch is configured to receive a portion of a user's digit to facilitate manual application of pressure to said lateral edges.