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A fecal incontinence device in the form of an elongated collection bag having an attachment ring about an opening at one end of the bag. The ring is formed of a soft, pliable, and stretchable closed-cell thermoplastic foam, and the bag is formed from a single sheet or film of thermoplastic material

A fecal incontinence device in the form of an elongated collection bag having an attachment ring about an opening at one end of the bag. The ring is formed of a soft, pliable, and stretchable closed-cell thermoplastic foam, and the bag is formed from a single sheet or film of thermoplastic material that, following its attachment to the ring, is folded to provide a pair of side panels extending at right angles to the plane of the ring, such panels then being heat sealed to each other along their margins to define the finished bag. The foam attachment ring has its surface coated with a pressure-sensitive adhesive, and its inner and outer margins are non-concentric to define a relatively narrow perineal attachment zone. A plurality of release sheet sections cover the adhesive coating of the ring and are sequentially removable to facilitate effective attachment of the ring to a patient. The bag is also provided with a protected gas vent and a self-closing passage for the insertion of a thermometer or other medical instrument.

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A fecal incontinence device comprising a pair of panels of thermoplastic sheet material joined at their margins to define an elongated bag having an opening at one end thereof; an attachment ring of soft, pliable, stretchable and contractable plastic material having first and second opposite side su

A fecal incontinence device comprising a pair of panels of thermoplastic sheet material joined at their margins to define an elongated bag having an opening at one end thereof; an attachment ring of soft, pliable, stretchable and contractable plastic material having first and second opposite side surfaces and having outer and inner marginal edges; said inner edge defining an aperture corresponding generally in size and shape with said opening of said bag; said second surface of said ring being secured to said bag about the opening thereof and along a narrow zone adjacent to said inner marginal edge and spaced substantially from said outer marginal edge; said first surface of said ring being coated with a pressure-sensitive adhesive and being composed of a perineal portion, a coccygeal portion, and a pair of lateral portions; and protective release sheet means covering said adhesive coating of said ring; said means comprising a plurality of individually removable sections respectively covering the perineal, coccygeal, and lateral portions of said adhesive-coated surface; said perineal and coccygeal portions being diametrically disposed and extending between said lateral portions; each of said lateral portions having a circumferential dimension substantially greater than each of said perineal and coccygeal portions; said individually removable sections of said protective release sheet means being separable from each other along lines of separation overlying the boundaries between said lateral portions and said perineal and coccygeal portions; said release sheet means having two sets of said lines of separation; whereby, on removal of said perineal and coccygeal sections of said release sheet means, said perineal and coccygeal portions of said ring may be sealed to the perineal and coccygeal areas of a patient prior to removal of said lateral sections of said release sheet means and the sealing of said lateral portions of said ring to such patient.