Gripping Tool
AssigneeNippon Sherwood Medical Industries Ltd.
InventorsDai Sutoh, Nobuatsu Kanie
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Abstract
An insert (100) for a patient fluid discharge tube (A) facilitates removal of the discharge tube from the patient, wherein the insert provides a smooth outer surface (12a) and also an arrangement (20) for aiding in attaching a removal tool to the insert such that the end of the discharge tube may be easily grasped and pulled from the patient.
Claims11
A gripping tool for attachment to one end of a flexible drainage tube used for discharging fluids in the body, the gripping tool being arranged to be gripped with a removal member for pulling the end of said drainage tube remaining in a patient's body out of the body, the gripping tool comprising
- a main body for attachment to one end of said drainage tube,
- a gripping part that is to be gripped by said removal member,
- and a connecting part that can bend and which connects said main body and said gripping part.
A discharge tube for at least partial insertion into a patient's body wherein said discharge tube comprises an end intended to be removed from said body and wherein said end includes a main body inserted therein, said main body having a first end region inserted in said discharge tube end and a second end region protruding from said discharge tube end and a through channel connecting said first and second end regions and wherein a gripping element is disposed within said through channel, said gripping element having a first end part protruding from said through channel away from said first end region including surface gripping protrusions to be gripped by a removal tool in a removal operation and a second end part protruding from said through channel away from said second end region and including a stop for preventing pull-through of said gripping element through said through channel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.