US 7,678,082 B2 · Esophagus stoma button

Abstract

The purpose of this invention is to provide an esophagus stoma button capable of safely forming and maintaining a stoma hole provided in an esophagus and reducing the discomfortableness of a patient. To achieve the object, in the present invention, the stoma button 9 is comprised of a shaft part 1 and a flange part 2 provide at the rear end of the shaft part rounded at the tip thereof. More specifically, in the esophagus stoma button 9, a flange part is provide at the rear end of the shaft part rounded at the tip thereof, and a lumen having a generally circular cross section in the area ranging from the shaft part to the flange part is provided, a means for fixing a catheter for infusion is provided in the flange part with a flat and generally circular shape and a means for tightly closing the opening of the flange part is provided at the opening thereof.

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Dependent claims

An esophagus stoma button, comprising:

a shaft;
the shaft having a rear end with an opening and another end with a rounded tip;
a flange at the rear end of the shaft;
wherein said shaft part provided at its rear end with a movable connector having a convex sphere:
said flange provided with a holder located between said movable connector and said flange:
wherein said holder having a concave sphere so that the shaft part and the flange held by each other and movable in any direction;
a lumen having a generally circular cross section in an area ranging from the shaft to the flange;
a means for fixing a catheter for transfusion in the flange with a flat and generally circular shape;
and
a cap having a top and a bottom, the cap integrally formed on the flange by a belt, for tightly closing the opening, the bottom having a plug fitting into the lumen, and the top having a substantially domical shape so that when the plug is fitted into the lumen, the top defines an exposed external surface so that a finger or nail can not easily catch.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

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