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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 15, 2015
Filed:
Sep. 26, 2011
Kok-ming Tai, Lawrenceville, GA (US);
Alison S. Bagwell, Alpharetta, GA (US);
Andrew T. Baker, Norcross, GA (US);
Emily A. Reichart, Atlanta, GA (US);
Phillip A. Schorr, Cumming, GA (US);
Kok-Ming Tai, Lawrenceville, GA (US);
Alison S. Bagwell, Alpharetta, GA (US);
Andrew T. Baker, Norcross, GA (US);
Emily A. Reichart, Atlanta, GA (US);
Phillip A. Schorr, Cumming, GA (US);
AVENT, INC., Alpharetta, GA (US);
Abstract
A configurable percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy tube includes a shaft having a distal end and a proximal end. The shaft defines a lumen therethrough for passage of a feeding solution or medicine. An expandable retainer is located on the shaft, the retainer having a deployed position and an insertion position. The tube includes a releasable lock for maintaining the expandable retainer in its deployed position, the releasable lock located on the shaft proximal to the expandable retainer. A flexible sheath surrounds the expandable retainer, the sheath being generally loose around the retainer when the retainer is in an insertion position and the sheath being generally snug against an exterior surface of the retainer when the retainer is in a deployed position.