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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 03, 2012
Filed:
Jun. 14, 2006
Applicants:
Fred Gobel, Wilhelmsfeld, DE;
Donald Jay Mcmichael, Roswell, GA (US);
Lanita Grayce Cox, Suwanee, GA (US);
Inventors:
Fred Gobel, Wilhelmsfeld, DE;
Donald Jay McMichael, Roswell, GA (US);
Lanita Grayce Cox, Suwanee, GA (US);
Assignee:
Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc., Neenah, WI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 29/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
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.