STOMA DEVICES AND DRESSINGS AND METHODS THEREFOR

• US 20060224131A1
• Filed: 03/27/2006
• Published: 10/05/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 03/30/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Deborah Calvert
• Original Assignee: Deborah Calvert
• Inventors: Calvert, Deborah
• Application Number:
  US11/277,571
• Publication Number:
  US 20060224131A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 604/344
• CPC Class Codes: A61J 15/0015 Gastrostomy feeding-tubes insertion tools or methods A61B17/34
• CPC Class Codes: A61J 15/0026 Parts, details or accessories for feeding-tubes external tubes from medical containers to a connector outside of the body A61M39/08

Abstract

A stoma device for maintaining a gastrostomy and/or urostomy stoma includes a deformable stem having opposed first and second ends which is arranged to be inserted through a stoma. The device has a head which is connected to the stem at its first end and arranged to restrict migration of the stoma device through the stoma. Also disclosed are a method of maintaining a gastric or urostomy stoma and a medical dressing.

Claims

1. A device for maintaining a stoma in a patient'"'"'s body wherein said device comprises a deformable stem having opposed first and second ends, and which is arranged to be inserted through a stoma, and a head which is connected to the stem at its first end and arranged to restrict migration of the stoma device through the stoma.

2. A device according to claim 1, wherein the device is arranged to maintain a gastrostomy and/or urostomy stoma.

3. A device according to claim 1, wherein the second end of stem is occluded and rounded.

4. A device according to claim 1, wherein the stem comprises a hollow tube.

5. A device according to claim 1, wherein the stem comprises a side wall which defines a chamber.

6. A device according to claim 5, wherein the chamber is an open chamber and at least one opening to the chamber is provided in a side wall or at a first end of the stem but not in both.

7. A device according to claim 6, wherein the first end of the stem is occluded and the side wall of the stem comprises at least one opening.

8. A device according to claim 1, where the stem is bendable.

9. A device according to claim 8, wherein the stem comprises means arranged to control the point at which the stem bends.

10. A device according to claim 9, wherein said means comprises at least one weak points along the stem'"'"'s length.

11. A device according to claim 10, wherein a weak point comprises an aperture in a side wall of the stem.

12. A device according to claim 1, wherein the stem is compressible.

13. A device according to claim 1, wherein the stem has a length of between 3 cm and 8 cm and a diameter of between 0.2 cm and 2 cm.

14. A device according to claim 1, wherein the head comprises at least one retaining member extending substantially transverse to the stem'"'"'s axis.

15. A device according to claim 1, wherein the head comprises handle means by which the device can be held.

16. A device according to claim 1 wherein the device comprises adhesive attachment means for attaching the device to a patient.

17. A device according to claim 16, wherein the adhesive attachment means comprises an adhesive tape or dressing attached to the head.

18. A device according to claim 16, wherein the attachment means comprises an adhesive dressing which comprises at least one wing for adhering to a patients skin.

19. A device according to claim 16, wherein the attachment means comprises an adhesive dressing which is arranged to stretch in a radial direction relative to the stem.

20. A device according to claim 19, wherein the dressing comprises a plurality of elongate slits.

21. A method of maintaining a stoma in a patient'"'"'s body employing a stoma device according to claim 1, the method comprising inserting the stem until the head abuts the skin adjacent the stoma and then adhering the device to the skin.

22. A medical dressing having elongate slits formed therein such that, in use, the dressing can be stretched in a direction substantially transverse to the longitudinal extent of the slits.

23. A dressing according to claim 26, wherein the dressing comprises a plurality of slits lying on a first line and a plurality of slits lying on one or more further lines which extend generally parallel to the first line.