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AssigneeSherwood Services AG
InventorsKevin C. Meier, Raymond O. Bodicky, Peter Von Dyck, Glenn Fournie, Alan Ranford
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A low profile gastrointestinal tube feeding system having a securing member for securing a feeding set to a low profile gastrostomy tube disposed inside the visceral organ of a patient's body so that inadvertent removal of the feeding set from the gastrostomy tube is prevented. The feeding set includes hollow tubing connected to a source of fluid at one end and a connection member at the other end for connection to the gastrostomy tube and establishing fluid flow communication with the patient. The connection member attaches to an external retention member of the gastrostomy tube and is secured thereto using the securing member. The securing member includes a top portion and a bottom portion which are adapted to simultaneously engaged respective portions of the connection member and external retention member when the securing member is brought into sliding engagement thereto.
A device designed to pass through an opening in the wall of the abdomen and stomach or other visceral organ of a patient, said device comprising:
A device for securing a connection member to a gastrostomy device designed to pass through an opening formed through the wall of an abdomen and stomach or other visceral organ of a patient, said device comprising:
A method for securing a connection member attached to a gastrostomy tube device, the gastrostomy tube device including an external retention member seated outside a patient and a tubular member insertable through an opening formed through a visceral organ of a patient, a lumen defining a fluid pathway through the gastrostomy tube for providing fluid to the interior of the visceral organ, the connection member being attachable to the external retention member at one end and an elongated tube at the other end thereof, and a securing member being slidably engaged along the elongated tube, said securing member including opposed retaining portions for simultaneously retaining the connection member and the external retention member together, the steps of the method comprising:
A securing member adapted to slidably engage along an elongated tube for securing a feeding set to a feeding tube disposed inside the visceral organ of a patient comprising:
The securing member according to 12, wherein said connection member cannot be disengaged from said external retention member without first disengaging at least one of said retaining portions from said connection member and said external retention member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.