Ostomy pouching system
Sistema de bolsa de ostomía
- Date
- c. 1954 · confidence high
- Place
- Copenhagen, Denmark
- Credited to
- Elise Sørensen
- Field
- Life & health
What it is
Adhesive, disposable pouch to collect waste from an ostomy, devised by Danish nurse Elise Sørensen after seeing the difficulties faced by her own sister following colostomy surgery.
What it led to
- Radical improvement in quality of life for ostomy patients
- Birth of a dedicated ostomy device industry
- Later, more discreet designs with integrated skin barriers