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Vestomy Slide Deck Cover Page: Depicting Himesh Patel
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Untightened Vestomy Prototype: The purpose of the whole system is to support the
weight around the user's waist area, therefore, minimizing the impact of movement
on the durability of the connection between the skin barrier and the belt.
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Press-and-Twist Rotating Piece: The skin barrier remains mostly the same as
an average ostomy pouch, but the press-and-twist cap provides a secure connection,
significantly decreasing the chances of an unintentional removal.
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Press-and-Twist Cap: This cap allows for the user to undergo a
series of physically taxing activities without having to worry about their
ostomy pouch or belt falling off.
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Funnel: The stool is then sent through a 3D-printed funnel to arrive at
the belt, which is separated into two parts; the disposable inner layer and the
reusable outer layers.
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Ostomy Belt: The inner layer is where the stool is evenly distributed around the
waist, while the outer layer exists to protect the inner layer and make it resemble
an actual belt. While ostomy belts are already fairly popular, there was none as
far as we found that had the belt itself as the stool storage to disburse the weight..
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Tightened Vestomy Prototype: Lastly, the vest goes around the user's shoulders and anchors
the belt at various points on the torso. This allows for less movement of the system as
the user goes about their day, allowing for sturdiness and long-term comfortability.