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Elise Sørensen
Danish nurse and inventor of the colostomy bag
Elise Sørensen (Kalundborg, July 2, 1903 – Ordrup, July 5, 1977)[1] was a Danish nurse and the inventor of the colostomy bag.[2]
In 1954 her sister had an ostomy operation (a procedure that takes the end of the intestine out through the abdomen, allowing waste to exit via a surgically created stoma).[3] After the operation, Sørensen's sister was uncomfortable going outside due to fear that stoma might leak, due to the metal/glass capsules or fabric/rubber bags that people used at the time.[4][5]
Sørensen then created the world's first disposable ostomy bag attachable through an adhesive ring, very similar to the devices used today.[6]