Global Patent Index - EP 1383459 A1

EP 1383459 A1 20040128 - BUTTON-BALLOON SYSTEM

Title (en)

BUTTON-BALLOON SYSTEM

Title (de)

BUTTON-BALLOON-SYSTEM

Title (fr)

SYSTEME DE BOUTON A BALLONNET

Publication

EP 1383459 A1 20040128 (DE)

Application

EP 02735321 A 20020430

Priority

  • DE 10121170 A 20010430
  • DE 10131152 A 20010628
  • EP 0204772 W 20020430

Abstract (en)

[origin: WO02087492A1] The invention relates to a balloon-button system or a catheter for performing percutaneous enteral feeding, comprising a holding part (2), which can be placed on the abdominal wall, and a probe tube (3), which extends from the holding part (2) while being connected thereto and via which the nourishment that is inserted through a connecting part (4) situated in the holding part (2) can be introduced into the stomach lumen. The probe tube (3) forms, in the distal area thereof, an inner tube (8) and an outer tube (6) that surrounds the same. The outer tube (6) is formed by turning the inner tube (8) inside out at the distal end (10) of the latter and by pulling it back, and is joined, at its proximal end (12), to the inner tube (3) in a fluid-tight manner. The outer tube can be expanded to form a balloon (7) by introducing water or the like via a supply line (16), which extends from the holding part (2) and which discharges between the outer tube (6) and the inner tube (3). This system is characterized in that the probe tube (3) surrounds a protective tube (5), and the protective tube (5) has a higher Shore A hardness than the probe tube (3). This results in providing the material that forms the balloon with a sufficiently high degree of flexibility. In addition, the protective tube (5) renders the system sufficiently sturdy.

IPC 1-7

A61J 15/00

IPC 8 full level

A61J 15/00 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP US)

A61J 15/0042 (2013.01 - EP US); A61J 15/0015 (2013.01 - EP US); A61J 15/0073 (2013.01 - EP US); A61J 15/0092 (2013.01 - EP US)

Citation (search report)

See references of WO 02087492A1

Designated contracting state (EPC)

AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE TR

DOCDB simple family (publication)

WO 02087492 A1 20021107; AT E417592 T1 20090115; CA 2445862 A1 20021107; CA 2445862 C 20091124; DE 10131152 A1 20021128; DE 10131152 B4 20040527; DE 50213124 D1 20090129; EP 1383459 A1 20040128; EP 1383459 B1 20081217; ES 2316570 T3 20090416; US 2004147874 A1 20040729; US 7060050 B2 20060613

DOCDB simple family (application)

EP 0204772 W 20020430; AT 02735321 T 20020430; CA 2445862 A 20020430; DE 10131152 A 20010628; DE 50213124 T 20020430; EP 02735321 A 20020430; ES 02735321 T 20020430; US 47552804 A 20040316