Patent ID: 9095502
Filing Date: 2015-08-04
Classification: A61J

Abstract:
1. A gastro-jejunal (G-J) feeding device, including: a gastro-jejunal body including a top portion, a bottom portion and a balloon port, the bottom portion configured to abut a patient's skin, the top portion of the G-J body provided with a gastric port leading to a gastric channel and a jejunal port leading to a jejunal channel; and a multi-lumen, unitary structure feeding tube including a proximal end and a distal end, with a length extending in a longitudinal direction between the proximal and distal ends and a transverse direction being in a plane that is perpendicular to the length, the proximal end operatively connected to the bottom portion of the gastro-jejunal body, the multi-lumen, unitary structure feeding tube including: wherein the gastric lumen, jejunal lumen and balloon lumen share a common separating wall inside the feeding tube and a transverse cross-sectional area of the jejunal lumen is larger between the intermediate portion and the distal end than between the intermediate portion and the proximal end.