Patent ID: 9186233
Filing Date: 2015-11-17
Classification: A61F

Abstract:
1. A closing system for a natural or an artificial intestinal outlet, comprising an inflatable balloon having an approximately toroidal structure, wherein the balloon is a) made from a pre-shaped thin-walled soft-foil of a polymer of low compliance, b) formed of a hose segment with a two-dimensional surface, which hose segment is inverted into itself, whereby two ends of the inverted hose segment extend generally coaxially with each other and are (each) connected to a respective sleeve, c) wherein, in the inverted, assembled and pressurized balloon, the end of an inner hose segment collapses to a flat structure, shaping channel-like bowel gas releasing passages within lateral portions thereof, d) and wherein said bowel gas releasing passages, at a balloon filling pressure of 20 mbar have a smallest inner diameter of 0.5 to 2.3 mm.