Patent ID: 8777840
Filing Date: 2014-07-15
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. A coupling device for coupling a commercially available endoscope to a feeding tube, the coupling device comprising: a bridge having a first end portion and a second end portion; wherein the first end portion is configured to externally and removeably couple to a distal portion of the commercially available endoscope; wherein the second end portion is configured to couple internally within the feeding tube such that the coupling device is partially inside a distal portion of the feeding tube; wherein the bridge positions the endoscope and the feeding tube in a side-by-side relationship when the first end portion is externally coupled to the distal portion of the commercially available endoscope and the second end portion is coupled internally within the feeding tube, wherein the apparatus further comprises a guide wire inside of the feeding tube, wherein the guide wire is coupled to the bridge and is adapted to manipulate the bridge to uncouple the endoscope and feeding tube.