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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 27, 2015
Filed:
Sep. 27, 2011
Shigeaki Funamura, Fukuroi, JP;
Motonori Watanabe, Fukuroi, JP;
Shigeaki Funamura, Fukuroi, JP;
Motonori Watanabe, Fukuroi, JP;
Covidien LP, Mansfield, MA (US);
Abstract
A fistula catheter which allows a supply tube to be easily connected to a body-external fixing member positioned on the body surface side, and which is only slightly invasive for a patient is provided. The fistula catheterincludes a tube bodywhich is inserted into a fistula formed in the abdominal wall and the wall of the alimentary canal; a body-external fixing partwhich is linked to one end of the tube bodyand positioned on the abdominal wall surface side of the fistula; and a body-internal fixing partwhich is linked to the other end of the tube bodyand positioned inside the wall of the alimentary canal. The body-internal fixing part, and the fistula catheter has a flow path allowing fluid to flow through the body-external and body-internal fixing members. The body-external fixing partincludes a flexible tubeand is connected substantially at right-angles to the axial direction of the tube body