Inventor Michael A. Davis of Canyon Lake, CA has created a subdermal securing aid for an ostomy bag. The invention offers improved comfort, safety, and quality of life for ostomy patients. 

An ostomy bag is needed after medical procedures like colostomies or ileostomies. Regrettably, patients are forced to spend hundreds of dollars monthly on the necessary ostomy equipment in order to keep them continent. Issues with skin integrity may arise from unexpected leaks of stool underneath the adhesive wafer, causing pain and skin damage. 

Michael served in the US Navy where he was injured in the line of duty and suffered many injuries, one of which gave him his lifelong colostomy bag. Michael became a Paralympic athlete where he rides a tricycle. Michael realized the need for the modernization of ostomy bags and came up with this idea while in the hospital, over 11 years later perfecting the Permanent Ostomy Wafer to how it is now.

But how does it work? First, an encompassing stoma flange is surgically placed around the stoma. Then, a medical professional places a magnetic ring on the skin of the patient. Next, the medical professional secures the ring around the stoma using a sutured sheet of artificial skin. Finally, the patient places an ostomy bag containing a thin sheet of ferromagnetic metal onto the artificial skin. The magnetic force secures the bag in place – no adhesives required. With this invention, the patient is free from adhesive-related problems like leaks and skin irritation. It will forever change the day-to-day life of an ostomy bag user.