Patent ID: 7582098

Claim:
A percutaneous gastrointestinal anchoring kit comprising: an anchor having a ballooned region at a distal end of the anchor and a shaft portion extending from the ballooned region to a proximal end of the anchor, both the ballooned region and the shaft manufactured of a hollow, collapsible, homogeneous polymeric material, the material in the ballooned region being substantially thinner in wall thickness than the material in the shaft portion; an introducer for traversing body tissue layers from an exterior surface of a patient body to a gastric lumen interior to the patient body, the introducer adapted to insert and deploy the anchor within the patient body; a guide for positioning at least the ballooned region of the anchor from the introducer into the gastric lumen while enabling at least the proximal end of the anchor to be manipulable at the exterior surface of the patient body; an inflator for cooperating with the proximal end of the anchor for introducing a fluid into or removing a fluid out of the anchor so as to selectively inflate or deflate the ballooned region within the gastric lumen; and a retainer for securing the anchor within the gastric lumen when the ballooned region is inflated, the retainer adapted to be seated against the exterior surface of the patient body for capturing and securing the proximal end of the anchor and for placing a tractive force on the ballooned region so as to pull the gastric lumen to an interior abdominal wall of the patient body, the retainer including a base plate and a cap adapted to be positioned on the exterior surface such that a portion of the anchor protruding from the stoma is positioned through a slot on a proximal surface of the base and the portion of the anchor in the slot is crimped closed by a protuberance on the cap which is positioned in the slot and against the portion of the anchor when the cap is positioned in a closed position against the base.