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A Connected Care Platform for Ostomates: A Feasibility Study

  • 111 Health and Technologies Inc., Irvine, CA United States; Division of Gastroenterology, University of California Irvine, Irvine, CA United States. Electronic address: rfearn@hs.uci.edu.
  • 211 Health and Technologies Inc., Irvine, CA United States.
  • 3Department of Colorectal Surgery, Digestive Disease and Surgery Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH United States.
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June 14, 2025

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