The Continent Ostomy Port (COP)

Zassi is currently developing the world’s first non-surgical Continent Ostomy Port (COP) System, which will radically change the market for ostomy management. The COP designs are intended to restore bowel continence to millions of men, women and children who have been rendered incontinent and have an abdominal stoma due to ostomy surgery. Global expenditures linked to ostomy management approach $2 billion annually. The Company’s breakthrough innovation, the COP System, consists of a Continent Ostomy Port (COP) and an Automated Irrigation Pump System, which will bring to market the first “pouch free” continent ostomy system.

The Continent Ostomy Port (COP) is a small indwelling, self-retained, catheter-based device that can be placed into a patient’s existing stoma in an outpatient setting without requiring any surgical revision. Subsequent replacement ports can be inserted at home or at alternate care sites by either the patients themselves or a caregiver trained to use the products. The port is constructed of a pliable, biocompatible material that has a retention bolster located at its tip, which allows retention and sealing of the port within the stoma. The COP’s patented design obviates the need for undesirable ostomy pouches by restoring users’ continence and control by allowing patients to discharge stool at a time and place of their choosing. The COP System also includes an Automated Irrigation Pump that is used to irrigate the colon to facilitate rapid evacuation of bowel contents through the COP device. By restoring continence and increasing the speed of stool evacuation, both components of the COP System work together to radically improve the user’s quality of life by freeing them from incontinence and dependence on externally affixed collection systems that are uncomfortable and periodically fail to adhere or work reliably.