Patent ID: 8147449

Claim:
A device ( 10 ) for the creation of an artificial stoma ( 18 ) into and subsequent fluid transfer to or from a living body ( 20 ) comprising: a thin foil ( 22 ) having a first and a second end ( 24 , 26 ) with a length ( 28 ) disposed therebetween, the thin foil ( 22 ) being arranged in a manner such that one of said ends is backfolded or introverted into the other of said ends; and a cap ( 30 ) having at least one port ( 34 ) therethrough, the cap ( 30 ) securely capturing each end ( 24 , 26 ) of the foil ( 22 ) therein, the port terminating between the first and second foil ends ( 24 , 26 ) within a space ( 32 ) created by introversion of the foil ( 22 ) so that application of an inflation source ( 44 ) to the port ( 34 ) causes the length ( 28 ) of said foil ( 22 ) to inflate and form a generally torus shaped balloon ( 36 ) having exterior and interior externally facing concentric surfaces ( 38 , 40 ); and an insertion device ( 66 ) comprising a user manipulable introducer ( 68 ) and a capturing element ( 80 ) for placing the foil ( 22 ) in a deflated state within the living body ( 20 ) and situating the cap ( 30 ) adjacent a body surface at the stoma ( 18 ), wherein the introducer ( 68 ) comprises a tapered probe ( 70 ) having a cavity ( 78 ) therein within which the foil ( 22 ) is temporarily captured, and the capturing element ( 80 ) is sized to fit frictionally within a bore ( 50 ) in the cap and in conjunction with the foil ( 22 ) retain the introducer ( 68 ) in position proximate to the cap ( 30 ).