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Abstract

A one-piece plastic clamp for closing the lower end of a drainable ostomy pouch, the clamp being similar to prior constructions in having a thin wedge member receivable in the channel of narrow trough member for clamping the outlet end of a collection pouch in folded and sealed condition. The two members have adjacent ends joined by a flexible hinge strap, and the end of the wedge member below the strap has a thin, integral guide blade projecting endwise therefrom. The guide blade is receivable in, and extendable through, a slit-like opening in the corresponding end of the trough member for guiding the closing of the clamp and for tightly maintaining the ends of the members together even if the hinge strap should become damaged in use.

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