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Title:
JEJUNUM TUBE FITTING DEVICE
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JPH10211258
Kind Code:
A
Abstract:

To safely arrange and hold a tube without hurting the wall of an organ, etc., by arranging a valve in a base side of the single lumen tube and a expandable balloon in its tip side.

A jejunum supply tube fitting device 2 is constituted of a relatively flexible single lumen tube 4, an expandable balloon 6, and a valve 12. The tube 4 is formed of a semi-rigid PVC plastic, etc. The balloon 6 is fitted to the tip 8 of the tube 4 so as to be communicate with the tube 4. The valve 12 is fitted to the opposite side end part 9 of the tube 4, a hollow 14 is formed in its center, and the flexible tube 4 is inserted therein so that the lumen of the hollow 14 is connected with the tube 4 and the balloon 6. This constitution allow the tube 4 to access to the balloon 6. A syringe is fitted to the hollow 14 and water, etc., is fed to the balloon so that it is expanded, surrounds the inside the stomach of a patient, and guides the tube. This constitution can appropriately arrange the jejunum supply tube in the small intestine.


Inventors:
FREDERICK CARL LUENING
JOSEPH MICHAEL MACKOWSKY
Application Number:
JP1386198A
Publication Date:
August 11, 1998
Filing Date:
January 27, 1998
Export Citation:
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Assignee:
NOVARTIS NUTRITION AG
International Classes:
A61J15/00; A61M23/00; A61M25/01; A61F2/958; (IPC1-7): A61J15/00
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Aoyama Ryo (2 outside people)



 
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