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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 28, 2013
Filed:
Apr. 09, 2010
Mario Villani, Boylston, MA (US);
Leo Cappabianca, Worcester, MA (US);
David A. Merrill, Durham, NH (US);
Rosanna Villani, Boylston, MA (US);
Giuseppe Villani, Shrewsbury, MA (US);
Mario Villani, Boylston, MA (US);
Leo Cappabianca, Worcester, MA (US);
David A. Merrill, Durham, NH (US);
Rosanna Villani, Boylston, MA (US);
Giuseppe Villani, Shrewsbury, MA (US);
DaVinci Biomedical Research Products Inc., South Lancaster, MA (US);
Abstract
A method and device may be used to avoid surgically re-opening a stoma or the like in an animal, including human beings. The stoma stabilitating device comprises an anchoring portion, preferably flat, that includes an opening configured to surround a stoma. The anchoring portion preferably includes an inner tension ring attached to an inner edge to define the opening and a tension ring attached to an outer edge. The anchoring portion may include additional structural rings. The device may be of a mesh construction and used to maintain, for example, a stoma, a fistula, a tracheotomy and any other pathway from outside the body to the inner part of the body. The device may be used to maintain an open pathway for air and to maneuver devices within a cavity. The device may also be used internally.