Gastrostomy device package and method of assembly

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 5941855
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08943900

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A gastrostomy device having a tubular portion, first and second fingers, a rod member, and a suture member. The rod member and suture member cooperate to releasably retain the fingers in a first or installation configuration for insertion through a patient's stoma. Following insertion, the rod member and suture member release the fingers to permit the fingers to move to a deployed configuration. In the installation configuration the fingers are generally in line with an axis of the tubular portion while, in the deployed configuration, the fingers are generally transverse to the tubular portion axis.

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BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATIONONE SCIMED PLACE MAPLE GROVE MN 55311-1566

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Austin, Gary Euclid, OH 22 664
Picha, George J Independence, OH 80 4722
Snow, Todd Westborough, MA 5 314

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