Patent ID: 8267857

Claim:
A medical device for forming a pathway between an external orifice to a bodily opening defined by tissue of an internal bodily lumen, the medical device comprising: a flexible sheath having a length suitable for forming the pathway along a longitudinal axis; an expandable member connected to a distal portion of the sheath, the expandable member operable between a collapsed configuration and an expanded configuration; the expandable member including a plurality of longitudinally extending struts and a collapsible frame, the plurality of struts being circumferentially spaced apart in an annular configuration and connected to the frame, the plurality of struts moving radially and circumferentially relative to one another between the collapsed and expanded configurations; an elongated accessory tube defining an accessory lumen, a distal end of the accessory tube attached to the expandable member, one of the plurality of struts including a first connection ringlet and a second connection ringlet receiving the accessory tube, the second connection ringlet longitudinally spaced from the first connection ringlet.