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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 24, 1999
Filed:
Oct. 03, 1997
George J Picha, Independence, OH (US);
Gary Austin, Euclid, OH (US);
Todd Snow, Westborough, MA (US);
Applied Medical Technology, Inc., Cleveland, OH (US);
Boston Scientific Corporation, Natick, MA (US);
Abstract
A gastrostomy device having a tubular portion, first and second fingers, a rod member, and a suture member. The rod member and suture member cooperate to releasably retain the fingers in a first or installation configuration for insertion through a patient's stoma. Following insertion, the rod member and suture member release the fingers to permit the fingers to move to a deployed configuration. In the installation configuration the fingers are generally in line with an axis of the tubular portion while, in the deployed configuration, the fingers are generally transverse to the tubular portion axis.