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Stylet device for guiding an enteral feeding tube

  • US 5,658,253 A
  • Filed: 02/21/1995
  • Issued: 08/19/1997
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/21/1995
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A stylet for use with a feeding tube, said stylet comprising:

  • (a) a stylet hub defining a bore therethrough and constructed for attachment to one end of a feeding tube, said stylet hub having an inner surface;

    (b) a longitudinally extending reinforcement member having a proximal end; and

    (c) a retaining member having an outer surface and defining an aperture therethrough, said retaining member disposed in said bore defined by said stylet hub, said proximal end of said reinforcement member disposed between said outer surface of said retaining member and said inner surface of said stylet hub, said retaining member outer wall and said inner surface of said stylet hub constructed to retain said reinforcement member therebetween through an interference fit.

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