PERMANENT UMBILICAL HOLLOW TUBE

• US 20100030145A1
• Filed: 08/02/2008
• Published: 02/04/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 08/02/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: GHODSIAN LABORATORIES, INC.
• Original Assignee: GHODSIAN LABORATORIES, INC.
• Inventors: Ghodsian, Kamran, Ghodsian, Maziar
• Granted Patent: US 8,105,308 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 604/104
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 17/122 Clamps or clips , e.g. for the umbilical cord for the vas deferens A61F6/206
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 17/3421 Cannulas
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 17/3423 Access ports, e.g. toroid shape introducers for instruments or hands access sites for liquids A61M39/0247
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 17/42 Gynaecological or obstetrical instruments or methods ligaturing clamps or clips for the umbilical cord A61B17/122; curettage A61B17/320708; dilators A61M29/00
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2017/3425 for internal organs, e.g. heart ports
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 31/00 Devices for introducing or retaining media, e.g. remedies, in cavities of the body A61M25/00 takes precedence ; introducing or retaining ophthalmic products into the ocular cavities A61F9/0008
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 39/0247 Semi-permanent or permanent transcutaneous or percutaneous access sites to the inside of the body peritoneal dialysis catheters A61M1/285; tracheostomy devices A61M16/0465; measuring pressure within the body A61B5/03; colostomy devices A61F5/445; gastrotomy feeding tubes A61J15/0015; means for fixing a feeding tube outside of the body A61J15/0053

Abstract

An apparatus is provided. The apparatus includes a tube having a first end and a second end. The second end prevents access to an inner wall of the tube. Further, the apparatus includes a valve operably connected to the first end of the tube and configured to provide access to the inner wall of the tube to a guiding member inserted through the valve. The guiding member positions the tube in an umbilical vessel of an umbilical cord prior to occlusion of the umbilical vessel so that the tube remains within the umbilical vessel after occlusion of the umbilical vessel.

Claims

1. An apparatus comprising:

a tube having a first end and a second end, the second end preventing access to an inner wall of the tube; and

a valve operably connected to the first end of the tube and configured to provide access to the inner wall of the tube to a guiding member inserted through the valve, the guiding member positioning the tube in an umbilical vessel of an umbilical cord prior to occlusion of the umbilical vessel so that the tube remains within the umbilical vessel after occlusion of the umbilical vessel.

2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the umbilical vessel is an umbilical vein.

3. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the umbilical vessel is an umbilical artery.

4. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the valve is also configured to provide access to the inner wall of the tube to a surgical device.

5. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the valve is also configured to provide access to the inner wall of the tube to a drug delivery device.

6. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the valve is also configured to provide access to the inner wall of the tube to provide access to organs, cavities and vessels of the body for catheterization.

7. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the valve is also configured to provide access to the inner wall of the tube to provide drainage of organs, cavities and vessels of the body.

8. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the valve is also configured to provide access to the inner wall of the tube to an imaging device.

9. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the valve is also configured to provide access to the inner wall of the tube to a Global Positioning System device.

10. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the valve is also configured to provide access to the inner wall of the tube to a homing device.

11. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the valve is also configured to provide access to the inner wall of the tube to a microchip.

12. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the tube includes a plurality of microfenestrations that provides delivery of a substance into an abdomen.

13. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the second end is composed of a material that is penetrable by a syringe.

14. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the second end is composed of a material that is penetrable by a surgical device.

15. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the second end is composed of a material that is expandable so that a surgical device penetrates through the second end.

16. A method comprising:

inserting, with a guiding member, a tube into an umbilical vessel in an umbilical cord prior to occlusion of the umbilical vessel so that the tube remains within the umbilical vessel after the occlusion of the umbilical vessel;

removing the guiding member from the tube; and

clamping the umbilical cord.

17. The method of claim 16, wherein the umbilical vessel is an umbilical vein.

18. The method of claim 16, wherein the umbilical vessel is an umbilical artery.

19. The method of claim 16, further comprising inserting, after the occlusion of the umbilical vessel, a surgical device in the tube.

20. The method of claim 16, further comprising inserting, after the occlusion of the umbilical vessel, a drug delivery device in the tube.

21. The method of claim 16, further comprising inserting, after the occlusion of the umbilical vessel, a homing device in the tube.

22. The method of claim 16, wherein the tube has a first end and a second end that both provide access from outside the umbilical vessel to an interior wall of the tube inside the umbilical vessel.

23. The method of claim 16, wherein the tube has a first end and a second end such that the first end provides access from outside the umbilical vessel to an interior wall of the tube inside the umbilical vessel and the second end prevents access from outside the umbilical vessel to an interior wall of the tube inside the umbilical vessel.

24. The method of claim 16, wherein the tube has a first end and a second end such that has a first end and a second end that both provide access from outside the umbilical vessel to an interior wall of the tube inside the umbilical vessel.

25. The method of claim 24, wherein the first end and the second end are composed of a material that is penetrable by a syringe.

26. The method of claim 24, wherein the first end and the second end are composed of a material that is penetrable by a surgical device.

27. The method of claim 24, wherein the first end and the second end are composed of a material that are expandable so that a surgical device penetrates through at least one of the first end and the second end.

28. A kit comprising:

a tube having a first end and a second end, the second end preventing access to an inner wall of the tube;

a guiding member; and

a valve operably connected to the first end of the tube and configured to provide access to the inner wall of the tube to the guiding member inserted through the valve, the guiding member positioning the tube in an umbilical vessel of an umbilical cord prior to occlusion of the umbilical vessel so that the tube remains within the umbilical vessel after occlusion of the umbilical vessel.

29. The kit of claim 28, wherein the umbilical vessel is an umbilical vein.

30. The kit of claim 28, wherein the umbilical vessel is an umbilical artery.

31. The kit of claim 28, wherein the tube includes a plurality of microfenestrations that provides delivery of a substance into an abdomen.

32. A method comprising:

inserting a tube into an umbilical vessel in an umbilical cord prior to occlusion of the umbilical vessel so that the tube remains within the umbilical vessel after the occlusion of the umbilical vessel; and

clamping the umbilical cord.

33. An apparatus comprising:

a tube having a first end and a second end, the tube being positioned in an umbilical vessel of an umbilical cord prior to occlusion of the umbilical vessel so that the tube remains within the umbilical vessel after occlusion of the umbilical vessel;

a first barrier located at the first end that prevents access to an inner wall of the tube; and

a second barrier located at the second end that prevents access to an inner wall of the tube.

34. The apparatus of claim 33, wherein the first barrier is composed of a material that is penetrable by a syringe.

35. The apparatus of claim 33, wherein the first barrier is composed of a material that is penetrable by a surgical device.

36. The apparatus of claim 33, wherein the first barrier is composed of a material that is expandable so that a surgical device penetrates through the first end.

37. The apparatus of claim 33, wherein the second barrier is composed of a material that is penetrable by a syringe.

38. The apparatus of claim 33, wherein the second barrier is composed of a material that is penetrable by a surgical device.

39. The apparatus of claim 33, wherein the second barrier is composed of a material that is expandable so that a surgical device penetrates through the first end.

40. An apparatus comprising:

a tube having a first end and a second end, the second end preventing access to an inner wall of the tube;

a first valve operably connected to the first end of the tube and configured to provide access to the inner wall of the tube to a guiding member inserted through the first valve, the guiding member positioning the tube in an umbilical vessel of an umbilical cord prior to occlusion of the umbilical vessel so that the tube remains within the umbilical vessel after occlusion of the umbilical vessel; and

a second valve operably connected to the second end of the tube and configured to provide access to the inner wall of the tube to a guiding member inserted through the second valve.