Patent ID: 7070587

Claim:
A device for securing a connection member to a gastrostomy tube, said device comprising: a unitary solid body having a back portion defining an aperture and opposing portions, one of said opposing portions being slidably engageable with the connection member, while another of said opposing portions being slidably engageable with an external retention member, said opposing portions including a top portion and a bottom portion, said top portion having a locking tab defining a beveled forward part extending towards the back portion, a flat middle part and a straight back part, said bottom portion having a pair of opposing arms said arms having free ends and adapted to engage a pair grooves on the external retention member attached to the gastrostomy tube, wherein said connection member becomes captured in an area formed between the locking tab and the back portion, and further wherein the connection member cannot be disengaged from the external retention member without first disengaging at least one of the opposing top and bottom portions from the connection member and the external retention member.