Advanced Medical Balloons Gmbh

Creative Balloons Gmbh

Kimberly-clark Worldwide, Inc.

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Trans-duodenal Concepts Gmbh

Kimberly-clark Wolrdwide, Inc.

Göbel, Fred

Trans-duodenal Concepts Ug

Creative Balloons Maschinenbau Gmbh & Co. Kg

Bc & D Concepts Gmbh

Fred Göbel

Donald J McMichael

Lothar Göbel

Lanita Grayce Cox

Donald J Mcmichael

Lanita G Cox

The invention is directed to a device () for sealingly protective and at the same time stool-discharging tamponade of a circular anastomosis of two ends of the large intestine, as occur for example in the surgical resection of a rectal carcinoma, wherein a thin-walled balloon body () is placed in the region of the anastomosis, and the balloon (), providing a tamponade, is filled with a filling medium in such a way that the lowest possible pressure necessary for the sealing tamponade of the anastomosed portion of the intestine can be maintained continuously, and, even in the event of a peristaltic contraction of the rectosigmoid colon, the pressure predefined by the user is maintained as constant as possible, wherein sufficiently high volumetric flows of the pressurizing medium supplied to and removed from the balloon () are achieved, such that the sealing contact between the balloon () and the intestinal wall is maintained in all segments of the balloon body in the course of a peristaltic contraction wave miming from the sigmoid to the anus.

Device for tamponade sealing protection of surgical sutures and wounds, in particular of end-to-end anastomoses of the rectum

An applicator () for a releasable coupling of a transpyloric and, if applicable, transduodenal bypass device () comprising a tubular, preferably radially collapsible and self-erecting transpyloric conducting element (), which is or has to be placed in a patient in such a way that it penetrates the pylorus of the patient and is provided with a central conducting lumen comprising an upstream mouth to be placed antegrade of the pylorus and a downstream mouth to be placed retrograde of the pylorus, for (i) accepting the chyme from the stomach, for (ii) bypass-type conducting of the chyme through the pylorus and, if applicable, through the duodenum or a part of the duodenum, and for (iii) releasing the chyme in or beyond the duodenum of the patient, to an endoscope or a catheter having an elongated shaft (), on the external surface of which the bypass device () can be placed and/or plugged in order to insert the bypass device () under direct guidance of the endoscope or catheter from the outside of the patient's body in an antegrade way through the upper digestive tract into the stomach, or to remove it in a retrograde way through the upper digestive tract, characterized in that the applicator () comprises a tubular coupling element (), which is or can be slid onto the external surface of the shaft () surrounding it, and which entirely or partially penetrates the central conducting lumen of the bypass device (), thereby bridging a gap between the external surface of the shaft () and an internal surface of the central conducting lumen of the bypass device ().

Applicator and a method for the transpyloric placement or removal of a transpyloric and/or a transduodenal bypass device in/from the region of the pylorus of a patient

A device and a method for a lavage-type introduction of a stool transplant or of another, local or topically effective substance through the anus into the colon of a patient, wherein the substance to be introduced is flushed also into the upper parts of the colon of the patient in a torrent-like manner through correspondingly large-lumen catheters; said device comprises an ano-rectal placed head part remaining inside the patient from the beginning until the end of the application and a system of exchangeable bags, which are connectable to the head part, whereby two different types of bags can be applied, one of which is designed for the cleaning lavage, while the another is designed for the introduction of a substance or a transplant.

Device and method for the lavage-type introduction of a fecal transplant or of a therapeutically effective substance into the colon of a patient

The invention is directed to a device for the sealing occlusion and/or for the space-filling tamponade of hollow organs or other cavities in the human body, comprising a preferably fully and residually formed balloon () which applies a sealing pressure that is as constant as possible to the wall of the organ to be occluded or tamponaded. The device comprises an isobarically acting regulator () for the filling pressure within the interior of the balloon, the regulator having a volume reservoir () situated extracorporeally outside of the body, and a feed line () for communicatively connecting the extracorporeal volume reservoir of the regulator to the interior of the balloon. The connecting feed line between the balloon and the regulator has a flow-directing one-way valve () that prevents backflow from the balloon to the volume reservoir of the regulator, while a nonflow-directing throttle element () is provided which allows a slow volume compensation between the balloon and the volume reservoir.

Device for a dynamically sealing occlusion or a space-filling tamponade of a hollow organ

The invention relates to a device for transanally introducing an infusion into the rectum or colon of a patient, said device comprising a catheter with a catheter shaft wherein, to ensure the most practicable catheter insertion possible, the catheter shaft is equipped in the proximal, preanal region with gripping depressions to accommodate the fingers gripping the catheter during insertion.

Trans-anal inflow catheter for intermittently triggering a reflex-coordinated defecation

A device () for the tracheal intubation of and the administration of ventilation to a patient for rapid volume-compensating sealing of the trachea, wherein the sealing surfaces of a preferably fully and residually formed balloon-like film body () abut the wall of the trachea with a sealing pressure of the balloon () which is as constant as possible and follow the thoracic pressure acting on the balloon with the least possible time latency with regard to corresponding fluctuations of the balloon inflation pressure, and the trachea is kept sealed under such dynamic fluctuations or respiration synchronously alternating fluctuations of the balloon inflation pressure. This is enabled by a defined large lumen () supply of the balloon inflation medium, the supplying lumen being measured in such a way that a sealing pressure-maintaining extracorporeal volume compensation that works in a time synchronous manner can be achieved in the sealing balloon element.

Device and method for the dynamically sealing occlusion or space-filling tamponade of a hollow organ

A device for emptying stool from the rectum of a patient by means of a shaft body which is introduced into the bowel via the anus and is able to buckle or fold axially and radially, and which is provided with a dumbbell- or hourglass-shaped balloon body for assuring the transanal positioning of the device. The invention is further characterized by the special design of and choice of material for the shaft body and the balloon envelope and by the specific positioning of the balloon body on the shaft body, wherein the axial deflection of the free forward end of the shaft body is limited or an uncontrolled deflection of the shaft is prevented, and the probability of perforation of the bowel wall under the effect of force acting on the shaft body from an axial direction is therefore decisively reduced by the intestinal tube described according to the invention.

Device for the trans-anal drainage of stool from the rectum of a patient and/or for the trans-anal application of inflowing liquid through a catheter-like element

The invention relates to devices () for draining or closing a natural or artificial bladder outlet by means of a balloon body () made of preferably micro-scale thin-walled Polyurethane, which has a vesical anchor, is transurethrally sealing and is extended into the urethra or through the urethra. According to the invention, the balloon body is seated on a shaft body () supporting the balloon, and the filling of the balloon body is preferably done with air.

Bladder catheter for the minimally invasive discharge of urine

A tamponade for nasal cavities or sinus cavities for tamponading a cavity of the nasal tract in the region of an ostium leading to the cavity with uniform force, comprising a thin-walled balloon which is made from a soft foil-like, only slightly expandable, smoothly folding polyurethane material, with a wall thickness in the range of 5 to 50 &#x3bc;m, which is already completely shaped with the required tamponade dimensions or greater at the time of production, and can therefore be expanded without application of filling pressure, and said balloon occupies the respective, generally irregular-shaped cavity and the ostium of same when in the filled condition, through the development of forces that are as uniform as possible on the structures exposed to the balloon in such a way that a distal segment of the balloon is located inside the cavity where a tamponade is to be applied, a proximal segment of the balloon is located upstream of the cavity and a transostial segment of the balloon extends through the ostium and connects the distal segment of the balloon to the proximal segment of the balloon, wherein the transostial segment of the balloon is tapered relative to the proximal and distal segments of the balloon in the deployed state of the balloon, and the nasal cavity or sinus cavity tamponade is anchored in the transition region and reliably secured in position.

Tamponade for nasal cavities or sinus cavities

The invention relates to a transpyloric device for accepting chyme from the stomach and conducting said chyme on in a bypass-like manner through a patient's duodenum; said device is held in place by balloon segments which sit on a preferably radially collapsible and self-erecting transpyloric conducting element; the filling level of the balloon segments, and thus the axial sealing force acting primarily on the shoulder surfaces of the pylorus or the surrounding area thereof, can be adjusted by the user, and the force applied to the stomach and duodenum structures adjoining the pylorus is reduced to a level that is permanently bearable for the organs even when the filling pressure of the segments rolling against each other is elevated. The invention also relates to an applicator for putting a bypass device of said type in place in the region of the transition from the stomach to the duodenum.

Bypass device for the transpyloric conducting of gastric content into or through the duodenum, and applicator for putting same in place

A device and a method for the thermal reshaping of hose blanks from preferably pre-extruded elastic raw hose material, wherein during the reshaping, the hose blank is arranged in a shell-like, single- or multi-piece molding tool with a hollow body, wherein the tempering of the molding tool that is necessary for reshaping occurs by means of clamp-like tempering elements which are shaped congruently to the outer surface of the mold and which close form-fittingly over the mold, while the molding tool itself does not comprise any tempering system at all, in particular no ducts or other hollow spaces for circulating a tempering medium, and wherein the temperature of each tempering element is kept constant during the process, while, to modify the temperature of the molding tool, a different tempering element with a correspondingly constant temperature is positioned against the molding tool.

Device and method for cycle- and cost-optimized thermal transformation of hose blanks

A device for emptying stool from the rectum of a patient by means of a shaft body which is introduced into the bowel via the anus and is able to buckle or fold axially and radially, and which is provided with a dumbbell- or hourglass-shaped balloon body for assuring the transanal positioning of the device. The invention comprising a design of, and choice of material, for the shaft body and the balloon envelope, and by the positioning of the balloon body on the shaft body, wherein the axial deflection of the free forward end of the shaft body is limited and an uncontrolled deflection of the shaft is prevented, and the probability of perforation of the bowel wall under the effect of force acting on the shaft body from an axial direction is reduced by the intestinal tube.

A device for sealing a colon, and for removing stool therefrom by irrigation, comprising an expandable intrarectal balloon segment formed from an everted tube with two ends, for insertion into the rectum to anchor the device, and a tapered transanal segment adapted to remain at least partially outside the rectum during use, wherein the balloon segment and the transanal segment have no common compartment, wherein both segments comprise drainage parts with a drainage lumen for irrigation of stool from the patient, wherein one of the two ends of the everted tube is passed through the lumen of the intrarectal balloon segment as an inner layer, the inner layer being in contact with a funnel element, and wherein the transanal segment is adapted to collapse upon resting of the sphincter, and comprises part of the intrarectal balloon segment, or a different balloon element.

Device for stool drainage

The invention relates to a closing system for a natural or an artificial anus, the system comprising an inflatable balloon having a generally toroidal structure, and composed of a plane tubular section folded in on itself, the ends of which extend coaxially within each other and are linked to a sleeve.

Closing system for a natural or artificial anus

The invention relates to a device for sealing and draining an intestinal outlet, the device comprising an inflatable balloon of a generally toroidal structure, whose two ends extend one inside the other, creating a sealed-off volume inside the balloon, whereby the filling of the volume can be adjusted from outside and a draining lumen radially inside the inner layer of the balloon, the outer layer of the tube comprising a radially expanded intra-rectal device which is placed inside the rectum or the intestine of a patient during use, and comprising a trans-anal device which extends through the anus of the patient or his abdominal wall, and a stiffening sleeve element positioned inside the draining lumen of the device, keeping the lumen open and facilitating the uptake and passage of feces through the intra-rectal segment of the draining lumen.

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Wilhelmsfeld, Germany

Fred Göbel