A bariatric device and procedure configured to control the amount of food and nutrients entering a person's duodenum and reduce the weight of the person, in one aspect, comprises a gastrostomy tube having a proximal end and a distal end; a feeding tube assembly, said assembly including a feeding tube having a proximal end and a distal end; a gastrostomy tube anchor for securing the distal end of said gastrostomy tube inside the stomach; and a first feeding tube anchor designed to be expanded after the pyloric sphincter so as to anchor the distal end of said feeding tube in the duodenum.

A laryngeal mask apparatus includes a mask portion, a breathing tube and a suction tube. The suction tube is adapted for connection to a suction-producing device. The suction tube further includes suction ports that suck fluids and secretions from the patient's hypopharyngeal region when suction is created within the interior of the suction tube. The breathing tube is adapted for connection to a ventilating system. Air flows through the breathing tube and into the mask portion. A capillary tube is positioned within the interior of the suction tube. When the mask portion is positioned within a patient's throat and suction is created within interior of the suction tube, the suction ports suck the fluids and secretions in the patient's hypopharyngeal region. At the same time, the suction tube and capillary tube cooperate to provide a stream of air that decreases the direct suction forces on the mucosa of the patient's throat that are caused by the suction ports. The laryngeal mask apparatus includes a scope tube having an interior and an inner tube disposed within the interior of the scope tube. The inner tube is sized for receiving a gastric tube.

The invention relates to a self-expandable tube having a catheter body with a double lumen in which one lumen allows for suctioning or decompression and another lumen for a feeding tube. A self-expandable portion collects secretions above the expandable portion or in the anatomical lumen and a suction source coupled to the self-expandable tube removes the secretions as is disclosed herein.

An in vivo placing tube having a positioning device is disclosed herein. It comprises a tube having an invasive end and a handheld end communicated with the invasive end; a field coil buried in the invasive end of the tube; and an induced circuit board having an induction coil and a warning element electrically connected to the induction coil.

A system, method, and apparatus for administering fluids to body cavities, suctioning or aspirating fluids from body cavities, performing gastric decompression, and containing gastric reflux. An exemplary system includes a Y-connector, a multiple lumen tube, and an anti-reflux valve. The Y-connector comprises a delivery arm, a suction arm, and a convergence arm, all in fluid communication with one another and may be coupled to the multiple lumen tube. The multiple lumen tube includes a first lumen, a second lumen, and a plurality of openings. The anti-reflux valve includes a valve adapted to prevent the fluid from flowing beyond the proximal end of the second lumen.

The embodiments disclosed herein relate to catheter assemblies. The catheter assemblies can include a multi-lumen catheter, a junction hub, and extension legs. The catheter assemblies can also include a sheath that includes a membrane that is permeable to one or more gases and impermeable to one or more liquids or solids. The catheter assemblies can be configured to deliver food to a patient through a first lumen, and simultaneously vent or aspirate one or more gases from the patient through a second lumen. The catheter assemblies can also include preformed catheters that assume a non-linear three-dimensional shape when in a relaxed state.

A dual-tube feeding tube assembly for single-procedure placement inside the body of a patient, the assembly having a tubing unit including a gastric tube and jejunal tube adjacent one another such that the proximal end of the tubing unit is positioned outside the patient's body and the distal end is positioned inside the patient's body. A pointed tip attachment piece on the proximal end of the tubing unit allows the tubing unit to be pulled orally through the patient's esophagus and stomach until the pointed tip attachment piece extends through an abdominal incision. A set of bumpers on opposite sides of the abdomen wall maintain the position of the tubing unit such that the distal end remains inside the body and the proximal end remains outside the body so that medicine, food, and other substances can be supplied to the patient through the tubing unit.

The disclosed device, method, and system provide a simple, safe, effective and widely applicable method-device to suction the throat in patients with absence or incompetent swallowing reflexes. For instance, disclosed is a combination enteric feeding and pharyngeal suctioning tube that both pumps food to a patient's stomach while suctioning a patient's throat to remove pharyngeal secretions. The suctioning tube may be an attachment to a feeding tube that terminates just at or above the esophageal opening when connected to the feeding tube. The end of the pharyngeal suctioning tube may include perforations that allow the pharyngeal secretions to be vacuumed into the suctioning portion for removal.

A device for snugging a balloon of a catheter against an inner wall of an intra-corporeal lumen or surface serviced by the catheter includes a hollow column having a top end and a bottom end, forming a throughway sized to accommodate a tube of the catheter, and a flange extending from the bottom end of the hollow column generally perpendicularly to length of the hollow column. A slit is formed in the hollow column and the flange through which the hollow column is connectable to the tube of the catheter. The catheter is tugged to contact the balloon to the inner wall of the lumen, and the device is fixed to the tube of the catheter atop the skin of a body serviced by the catheter to tension pressure of the balloon against the inner wall.

The present disclosure describes a gastric jejunal tube having a gastric lumen and a jejunal lumen that run the length of the tube. The cross-sectional sizes of the lumens change from above to below the most distal gastric port. A method of making the gastric jejunal tube is also described.