Kimberly-clark Worldwide, Inc.

Avent, Inc.

Lanita Grayce Cox

Donald J McMichael

John Anthony Rotella

Nathan Christopher Griffith

Donald Jay McMichael

Donald Jay Mcmichael

A blunted safety needle is provided, which includes a hollow needle having a sharp distal tip and a stylus having a blunted end. The stylus is positioned within at least a portion of the needle. After the needle is used to deliver or deploy a substance and/or a device, the blunted end of the stylus is positioned to extend through the sharp distal tip of the needle and un-releaseably lock into position, thereby providing a blunted safety needle assembly.

Blunted safety needle

The invention describes a closure device for the provision of freshly created gastric feeding fistulas, the basis of the design of the device being an introverted balloon that allows a sealing and hemostatic axial traction movement on the fistula that is to be sealed, the concentric balloon ends which run transmurally through the stomach and abdominal wall being arranged in a special seal-promoting and hemostatic manner.

Device for gastric feeding and drainage via an artificial stoma

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Suwanee, GA, United States of America

Lanita Grayce Cox