US Patent Issued on July 21 for "Adaptive garment for ostomate" (New York Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,685,662, issued on July 21.

"Adaptive garment for ostomate" was invented by Mary Jo Ellen Traversone (Lockport, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Normal clothing adapted to provide access point(s) for the pass through of an ostomy bag/appliance in which the invention provides a barrier between the ostomy appliance and the skin. Method of determination of garment access point(s). The embodiment of the invention results in the garment positioned between the body and the ostomy appliance, promoting access to the stoma and the stoma appliance. The garment is worn over the shoulders and under the ostomy appliance Configured to attain maximu...