Patent attributes
A drainable ostomy appliance including: first and second walls connected to each other at or near their peripheries, the first wall having a stoma-receiving opening; a collecting cavity defined between the first and second walls; a connection member connected to the first wall for attaching the appliance to a user or for attaching the appliance to a flange for attaching the appliance to a user; an outlet which extends away from the stoma-receiving opening, the outlet terminating at an opening; and a first stiffening member positioned immediately adjacent the opening on a wall of the outlet facing the user, in use, the first stiffening member extending across the outlet; and a second stiffening member positioned next to the first stiffening member, further away from the outlet than the first stiffening member and on the same wall as the first stiffening member, the second stiffening member also extending across the outlet.
