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Salts Healthcare loses ostomy bag appeal against Pelican Healthcare

By Douglas Clarke-Williams ( February 19, 2026, 16:18 GMT | Insight) -- Salts Healthcare' appeal against a ruling that Pelican Healthcare had not infringed its patent for a type of ostomy bag designed to minimize “unsightly” bulging has been rejected, although the court agreed the company's design was novel. The Court of Appeal judge ruled the Welsh company had not infringed the design because the inventive step claimed by Salts was too broad.Salts Healthcare has lost its appeal against a court finding that Pelican Healthcare had not infringed its patent for a type of ostomy bag designed to minimize “unsightly” bulging when full....

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