US 12,414,903 B2
Gastrojejunal tube apparatus and methods of use
Thomas Patrick LaRoche, Danville, IN (US); and Jeffrey Rajesh Ramkaransingh, Carmel, IN (US)
Assigned to INMED, INC., Plainfield, IN (US)
Appl. No. 17/767,747
Filed by INMed, Inc., Plainfield, IN (US)
PCT Filed Jan. 21, 2022, PCT No. PCT/US2022/013325
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jul. 28, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/159714, PCT Pub. Date Jul. 28, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/140,060, filed on Jan. 21, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2024/0082113 A1, Mar. 14, 2024
Int. Cl. A61J 15/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61J 15/0069 (2013.01) [A61J 15/0019 (2013.01); A61J 15/0042 (2013.01); A61J 15/0073 (2013.01); A61J 15/0092 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A gastrojejunal (GJ) tube apparatus, comprising:
an apparatus body having an outer wall, a first proximal end, and a second distal end, where the outer wall includes an inflatable balloon portion;
a first tube having an opening in the proximal end of the apparatus body and an opening in the inflatable balloon portion of the outer wall;
a second tube having an opening in the proximal end and an opening between the proximal end and the distal end;
a third tube having an opening in the proximal end and an opening in the distal end; and
a guidance tube having a closed proximal end disposed between the proximal end and the distal end of the apparatus body, and an opposite distal end, and wherein cutting the apparatus body creates an opening in the guidance tube.