Permanent umbilical hollow tube

• US 8,105,308 B2
• Filed: 08/02/2008
• Issued: 01/31/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 08/02/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Ghodsian Laboratories, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Ghodsian Laboratories, Inc.
• Inventors: Ghodsian, Kamran, Ghodsian, Maziar
• Primary Examiner(s): Koharski, Christopher D
• Application Number:
  US12/185,070
• Publication Number:
  US 20100030145A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,277 Days
• Field of Search: 604/264, 604/278, 604/164.13, 604/167.04, 604/103.01, 604/164.02, 604/164.01, 604/890.1, 604/500, 623/23.68, 623/23.64, 606/194
• US Class Current: 604/500
• 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. A method of permanently placing a tube within an umbilical vessel of a newborn, the method comprising:

inserting, with a guiding member, a tube into an umbilical vessel in an umbilical cord prior to occlusion of the umbilical vessel,

wherein the tube is configured to have dimensions so that the tube remains in a fixed position within the umbilical vessel of an umbilical cord both prior to and after the occlusion of the umbilical vessel;

the tube having a first end and a second end, the second end being closed; and

a valve operably connected to the first end of the tube and configured to provide access to the interior of the tube to the guiding member;

wherein the tube is impermeable;

removing the guiding member from the tube; and

clamping the umbilical cord,

whereby the tube is permanently placed within the umbilical vessel of the newborn.

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

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

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the guiding member is inserted into the tube through the first end of the tube.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the newborn is a human.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the valve is also configured to provide access to the interior of the tube to a surgical device.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the valve is also configured to provide access to the interior of the tube to a drug delivery device.

8. A method of permanently placing a tube within an umbilical vessel of a newborn, the method comprising:

inserting the tube into the 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,

wherein the tube is configured to have dimensions so that the tube remains in a fixed position within the umbilical vessel of an umbilical cord both prior to and after the occlusion of the umbilical vessel;

the tube having a first end and a second end, the second end being closed; and

a valve operably connected to the first end of the tube;

wherein the tube is impermeable; and

clamping the umbilical cord,

whereby the tube is permanently placed within the umbilical vessel of the newborn.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the valve is also configured to provide access to the interior of the tube to a device selected from the group consisting of an imaging device, a Global Positioning System device, a homing device, and a microchip.

10. The method of claim 8, wherein the umbilical vessel is an umbilical vein.

11. The method of claim 8, wherein the umbilical vessel is an umbilical artery.

12. The method of claim 8, wherein the valve is also configured to provide access to the interior of the tube to a surgical device.

13. The method of claim 8, wherein the valve is also configured to provide access to the interior of the tube to a drug delivery device.

14. The method of claim 8, wherein the valve is also configured to provide access to the interior of the tube to a device selected from the group consisting of an imaging device, a Global Positioning System device, a homing device, and a microchip.

15. The method of claim 8, wherein the newborn is a human.