STOMA STABILITATING DEVICE AND METHOD

• US 20110251452A1
• Filed: 04/09/2010
• Published: 10/13/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 04/09/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: DaVinci Biomedical Research Products, Inc.
• Original Assignee: DaVinci Biomedical Research Products, Inc.
• Inventors: Merrill, David A., Villani, Rosanna, Cappabianca, Leo, Villani, Giuseppe, Villani, Mario
• Granted Patent: US 8,449,512 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 600/37
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 2005/4455 Implantable
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 5/445 Colostomy, ileostomy or urethrostomy devices A61F5/441, A61F5/442, A61F5/443 take precedence

Abstract

A method and device may be used to avoid surgically re-opening a stoma or the like in an animal, including human beings. The stoma stabilitating device comprises an anchoring portion, preferably flat, that includes an opening configured to surround a stoma. The anchoring portion preferably includes an inner tension ring attached to an inner edge to define the opening and a tension ring attached to an outer edge. The anchoring portion may include additional structural rings. The device may be of a mesh construction and used to maintain, for example, a stoma, a fistula, a tracheotomy and any other pathway from outside the body to the inner part of the body. The device may be used to maintain an open pathway for air and to maneuver devices within a cavity. The device may also be used internally.

Claims

1. A stoma stabilitating device comprising:

a substantially flat anchoring portion including an inner tension ring defining an opening configured to surround a stoma or the like;

the anchoring portion constructed of a material suitable for implantation into a living animal and configured to maintain a substantially flat orientation with the inner tension ring in a substantially fully open orientation when in use.

2. The stoma stabilitating device of claim 1 wherein the anchoring portion is constructed of a mesh material and includes an outer tension ring to provide tension to mesh material of the anchoring portion disposed between the inner and outer rings such that the mesh material is maintained in a substantially flat orientation with the inner tension ring in a substantially fully open orientation.

3. The stoma stabilitating device of claim 2 wherein the outer tension ring defines an outer edge of the anchoring portion and is substantially concentric with the inner tension ring.

4. The stoma stabilitating device of claim 3 wherein the outer tension ring has a diameter between 1 cm and 25 cm.

5. The stoma stabilitating device of claim 4, wherein the inner tension ring has a diameter between 0.5 cm and 8 cm.

6. The stoma stabilitating device of claim 2 wherein the anchoring portion comprises two mesh layers welded together at outer and inner edges.

7. The stoma stabilitating device of claim 6 wherein the rings are polydioxanone (PDO) monofilament rings.

8. The stoma stabilitating device of claim 7 wherein the PDO monofilament rings are a circular shape.

9. The stoma stabilitating device of claim 6 wherein the rings comprise washers welded between the two mesh layers.

10. The stoma stabilitating device of claim 2 further comprising:

a tubular extension extending from one side of the anchoring portion at the opening.

11. The stoma stabilitating device of claim 10 wherein the tubular extension is constructed of a mesh material, has one end attached to the anchoring portion and a second end that includes a support ring to maintain the opening defined by the anchoring portion substantially fully opened through the tubular extension.

12. The stoma stabilitating device of claim 11 wherein the outer tension ring defines an outer edge of the anchoring portion and is substantially concentric with the inner tension ring.

13. The stoma stabilitating device of claim 11 wherein the inner tension ring has a diameter between 0.5 cm and 8 cm.

14. The stoma stabilitating device of claim 11 wherein the anchoring portion comprises two mesh layers welded together at outer and inner edges.

15. The stoma stabilitating device of claim 10 wherein the rings are polydioxanone (PDO) monofilament rings.

16. The stoma stabilitating device of claim 15 wherein the PDO monofilament rings are a circular shape.

17. The stoma stabilitating device of claim 10 wherein the rings comprise washers welded between the two mesh layers.

18. The stoma stabilitating device of claim 10 further comprising:

a second tubular extending from an opposite side of the anchoring portion at the opening.

19. The stoma stabilitating device of claim 18 wherein the tubular extensions are constructed of a mesh material and each tubular extension has one end attached to the anchoring portion and a second end that includes a support ring to maintain the opening defined by the anchoring portion substantially fully opened through the tubular extension.

20. The stoma stabilitating device of claim 19 wherein the outer tension ring defines an outer edge of the anchoring portion and is substantially concentric with the inner tension ring.