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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 13, 2001
Filed:
Oct. 03, 1997
Applicant:
Inventor:
Todd Snow, Westboro, MA (US);
Assignee:
Boston Scientific Corporation, Natick, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 5/32 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 5/32 ;
Abstract
A gastro-intestinal tube which provides rigid support during stomal formation, while allowing tube removal by pulling from outside the abdominal wall. The tube has proximal and distal ends, a deformable internal bolster attached to the distal end, and a dissolvable support bolster placed around the tube proximal to the internal bolster. The support bolster is made of a dissolvable material, such that the bolster provides a high degree of securement to the gastro-intestinal tube during formation of the stoma, and dissolves to allow tube removal after the stoma has formed. In an alternate embodiment, the bolster has a coating of a medicating agent.