Ostomy Body Fitment With Step-Revealed Application Guidance
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing ostomy body fitments require a multi-step application procedure that is difficult for users to follow, often leading to incorrect installation and compromised seals, leakage, and discomfort due to improper application.
Innovation Solution
An ostomy body fitment with a removable release layer that conceals instructional images until the appropriate step in the application process, ensuring the user follows the correct sequence by revealing the images at the right time.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If a multi-step application procedure is used for the ostomy body fitment, then the seal effectiveness can be improved, but the ease of operation deteriorates due to difficulty in following the procedure
Solution Approach 1:
The release layer is pre-configured with images that are sequentially revealed during the application process. This preliminary arrangement of information guides the user through the multi-step procedure without requiring external instructions, making the complex application process easier to follow while maintaining seal effectiveness.
Solution Approach 2:
The release layer acts as an intermediary between the ostomy body fitment and the user. By incorporating images on the release layer that are revealed during removal, it mediates the application process by providing step-by-step guidance, thereby improving ease of operation without compromising the reliability of the seal.
2Device complexity
If instructional information is provided separately from the device, then the device complexity is reduced, but the loss of information increases due to user error in following instructions
Solution Approach 1:
The instructional images are merged with the release layer, which is an integral part of the ostomy body fitment. This combination ensures that the instructions are always available to the user during application, eliminating the risk of losing instructional information while maintaining relative device simplicity.
Solution Approach 2:
The release layer provides self-service by containing all necessary instructional images directly on the device. Users can follow the instructions by simply observing the images revealed during the natural process of removing the release layer, without needing to consult separate manuals or external sources.
3Ease of operation
If the release layer is removed completely before application, then the ease of operation is improved, but the loss of information occurs as users may remove the wrong layer at the wrong time
Solution Approach 1:
The release layer incorporates images that change their visibility state during the application process. As the release layer is removed, different images are revealed at different stages, providing real-time feedback to the user about the correct timing and sequence of actions, thereby preventing incorrect layer removal while maintaining ease of operation.
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AI summary
An ostomy body fitment for forming a seal between an ostomy appliance and a stoma of an ostomate. The ostomy body fitment has an adhesive pad and a first removable release layer affixed to a first side of the adhesive pad. The adhesive pad has a stomal aperture formed therethrough. The first removable release layer comprises an image on a surface thereof. When the ostomy body fitment is in an unused state, the image is at least partially concealed by a part of the ostomy body fitment when viewed from a second side of the adhesive pad, opposite the first side. The part is moveable between a first position in the unused state to a second position in which the image is at least partially revealed through the stomal aperture when viewed from the second side of the adhesive pad.