Patent ID: 6540738
Filing Date: 2003-04-01
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
An apparatus for providing a transcutaneous access to an internal hollow organ of a living body, comprisinga tubular flexible probe made of a flexible material, said flexible probe being disposed transcutaneously into a hollow organ, a section of said flexible probe extending from said body, a rigid sleeve attachable to said section of said probe extending from said body, said rigid sleeve encompassing and engaging said flexible probe in said section, said rigid sleeve having a base for placing said apparatus onto said body, and a clamping device for releasingly, but fixedly connecting said flexible probe to said sleeve, said clamping device having moveable clamping elements moveable between a clamping position and a non-clamping position, wherein said clamping elements are provided with projections which penetrate into said flexible material of said flexible probe when clamped, however without altering a lumen of said probe.