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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 15, 2015
Filed:
Apr. 15, 2013
Applicant:
Cook Medical Technologies Llc, Bloomington, IN (US);
Inventors:
Kathryn R. Evert, Bloomington, IN (US);
Kurt J. Tekulve, Ellettsville, IN (US);
Assignee:
Cook Medical Technologies LLC, Bloomington, IN (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 5/32 (2006.01); A61J 15/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61J 15/0046 (2013.01); A61J 15/0061 (2013.01);
Abstract
Devices for securing open a stoma in the abdomen of a patient are disclosed. Additionally, devices that secure a percutaneously-implanted tube are disclosed. In one embodiment, a helically would wire forms a first coil arrangement inside of the stomach cavity of a patient and a second coil arrangement outside of the body of the patient, the first coil arrangement and second coil arrangement cooperating to squeeze the stomach wall and the abdominal wall into an adjacent position. Methods and other embodiments are disclosed.