Patent ID: 7060050

Claim:
A balloon-button system for performing percutaneous enteral feeding, comprising a holding part, which can be placed on the abdominal wall, and a probe tube connected to and extending from the holding part via which nourishment that is inserted through a connecting part situated in the holding part can be introduced into the stomach lumen, wherein a distal end of the probe tube is turned inside out over a portion of the probe tube proximal to the distal end, and the distal end joined to the probe tube in a fluid-tight manner to define an outer tube overlying an inner tube, the distal end of the probe tube being a proximal end of the outer tube, the probe tube, outer tube, and inner tube being a single monolithic piece; wherein the outer tube is expandable to form a balloon by introducing water or the like via a supply line which extends from the holding part and which opens out between the outer tube and the inner tube, and wherein the probe tube encloses a support tube, and the support tube has a higher Shore A hardness than probe tube.