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Laparoscopic jejunostomy instrumentation kit

US5318543A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateOct 8, 1992
Grant dateJun 7, 1994
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Expiry dateOct 8, 2012

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA61J2205/00
  • WIPO fieldMedical technology
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A laparoscopic jejunostomy instrumentation kit includes components for securing a patient's intestine in apposition to the patient's abdominal wall and for creating a stoma through the patient's abdominal wall and intestinal wall, a jejunostomy tube, and an enclosure for containing the other components of the kit. In preferred embodiments the kit includes T-Fastener assemblies, needles, syringes, a dilator, a peel-away sheath and a gastrostomy tube.

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