Gastrostomy tube capable of measuring stomach wall

By setting graduation lines and measuring plates on the gastrostomy tube, combined with a positioning balloon and an air intake system, the problem of time-consuming gastric wall measurement in existing technologies has been solved, enabling rapid measurement during gastrostomy surgery.

CN223555209UActive Publication Date: 2025-11-18HANGZHOU FUSHAN MEDICAL APPLIANCES CO LTD
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Patent Information

Application Number
CN202422478161.3
Authority / Receiving Office
CN · China
Patent Type
Utility models(China)
Current Assignee / Owner
Filing Date
2024-10-14
Publication Date
2025-11-18
Estimated Expiration
2034-10-14

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Technical Problem

Existing methods for measuring the stomach wall are time-consuming and require patients to undergo ultrasound or CT scans at designated locations, making it impossible to perform measurements efficiently during gastrostomy procedures.

Method used

A gastrostomy tube was designed with graduation lines and measuring plates on the tube. Combined with a positioning balloon and an air intake system, the positioning balloon is inflated after being inserted into the stomach, and the thickness of the stomach wall is measured using the graduation lines and measuring plates.

Benefits of technology

It enables rapid and convenient measurement of gastric wall thickness during gastrostomy surgery, simplifying the measurement process and reducing inconvenience for patients.

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Abstract

The gastrostomy tube capable of measuring the stomach wall comprises a catheter, one end of the catheter is fixedly connected with a feeding cavity, the other end of the catheter is fixedly connected with a positioning balloon, the end, close to the positioning balloon, of the catheter is provided with scale marks used for measuring the thickness of the stomach wall, and the scale marks are fixedly arranged on the outer wall of the catheter. The catheter is in sliding connection with a measuring plate used for being matched with the scale marks to measure the thickness of the stomach wall. According to the gastrostomy tube, the scale marks and the measuring plate are arranged to measure the thickness of the stomach wall, in the operation process, the end, provided with the positioning balloon, of the catheter is inserted into the stomach of a patient, the positioning balloon is inflated through the inflation cavity and the air inlet pipe, the catheter is limited in the stomach of the patient, and then the measuring plate is moved to the scale marks to observe the position of the measuring plate on the scale marks; the thickness of the stomach wall can be measured through the gastrostomy tube inserted into the stomach of the patient, the process is simple, and consumed time is short.
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Description

TECHNICAL FIELD

[0001] The utility model relates to a gastrostomy tube technical field, specifically is a kind of gastrostomy tube of measurable gastric wall. BACKGROUND

[0002] Gastrostomy tube is a medical pipeline, by establishing passage in stomach and inserting pipeline, for providing nutritional support or treating certain stomach diseases, gastrostomy tube is mainly used for palliative treatment of patients with advanced esophageal cancer, solve the difficulty of patients eating and drinking, and achieve therapeutic effect, prolong life, also applicable to esophageal stenosis, gastrointestinal obstruction and the situation that food cannot pass normally due to gastric tumor compression;

[0003] Gastrostomy tube is usually implanted on gastric wall under endoscopic guidance or during open surgery, to provide a direct way to deliver food and liquid into stomach for patients who cannot eat orally, when placing pipeline on the stomach of patient, gastric wall needs to be measured, the purpose of measuring gastric wall is mainly to understand the health status of stomach, assist diagnosis and treatment of disease, by measuring gastric wall thickness, whether there is abnormal condition such as gastric wall thickening or thinning can be judged, in gastrostomy surgery, gastric wall at the intubation site of patient needs to be measured and observed, so as to avoid changes due to external stimulation, but the existing gastric wall measurement method is usually ultrasonic examination or CT scanning, which needs to take patient to designated measurement place, and measurement process is time-consuming.

[0004] Therefore, we design a kind of gastrostomy tube of measurable gastric wall. UTILITY MODEL CONTENT

[0005] The utility model aims at providing a kind of gastrostomy tube of measurable gastric wall to solve the problems raised in the above background.

[0006] To achieve the above object, the utility model provides the following technical scheme: including catheter, one end of the catheter is fixedly connected with feeding cavity, the other end of the catheter is fixedly connected with positioning balloon, the one end of the catheter close to positioning balloon is equipped with scale line for measuring gastric wall thickness, the scale line is fixedly arranged on the outer wall of catheter, the catheter is slidably connected with scale board for measuring gastric wall thickness in cooperation with scale line.

[0007] Preferably, the outer wall of the feeding cavity is fixedly connected with a plastic film, and the plastic film is arranged at the end of the feeding cavity away from the catheter.

[0008] Preferably, the plastic film is fixedly connected with a plug, and the feeding cavity is provided with a feeding port, and the plug is matched with the feeding port.

[0009] Preferably, the side wall of the feeding cavity is fixedly connected with a gas flushing cavity, and the position of the gas flushing cavity is opposite to the position of the plastic film, and the gas flushing cavity and the feeding cavity are fixedly connected with a reinforcing plate.

[0010] Preferably, the template is fixedly connected with a positioning sleeve close to one side of the feeding cavity, and the inner wall of the positioning sleeve is in abutment with the outer wall of the catheter.

[0011] Preferably, an air inlet pipe is fixedly connected between the air punching cavity and the positioning balloon, and the air inlet pipe is fixed in the side wall of the catheter.

[0012] Beneficial effects

[0013] The stomach fistula tube can measure the stomach wall and has the following beneficial effects:

[0014] The stomach fistula tube measures the thickness of the stomach wall by setting the scale line and the template. During the operation, one end of the catheter provided with the positioning balloon is inserted into the stomach of the patient, the positioning balloon is inflated through the air punching cavity and the air inlet pipe, the catheter is limited in the stomach of the patient, then the template is moved to the scale line to observe the position of the template on the scale line, so that the thickness of the stomach wall can be measured. The stomach fistula tube inserted into the stomach of the patient can measure the thickness of the stomach wall, and the process is simple and time-saving. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS

[0015] Figure 1 It is a structural schematic view of the stomach fistula tube capable of measuring the stomach wall.

[0016] Figure 2 It is a structural top view of the stomach fistula tube capable of measuring the stomach wall.

[0017] Figure 3 It is a structural front view of the stomach fistula tube capable of measuring the stomach wall.

[0018] Figure 4 It is an enlarged view of the structure of the stomach fistula tube capable of measuring the stomach wall.

[0019] In the figure: 1, feeding cavity; 2, air punching cavity; 3, catheter; 4, template; 5, scale line; 6, positioning balloon; 7, plastic film; 8, plug; 9, positioning sleeve; 10, air inlet pipe. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0020] The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present application will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the drawings in the embodiments of the present application. Obviously, the described embodiments are only part of the embodiments of the present application, rather than all the embodiments. Based on the embodiments in the present application, all other embodiments obtained by those skilled in the art without creative labor fall within the scope of protection of the present application.

[0021] Please refer to Figures 1-4The utility model provides a technical scheme: including the pipe 3, the one end fixed connection of pipe 3 has the feeding cavity 1, the other end fixed connection of pipe 3 has the positioning balloon 6, the one end of pipe 3 is close to the scale line 5 for measuring the gastric wall thickness that positioning balloon 6 is equipped with, scale line 5 fixedly arranged on the outer wall of pipe 3, the slide connection of pipe 3 has the measuring plate 4 for cooperating scale line 5 measurement gastric wall thickness.

[0022] The outer wall of feeding cavity 1 is fixedly connected with a plastic film 7, the plastic film 7 is placed at the end of the feeding cavity 1 away from the pipe 3; the plastic film 7 is fixedly connected with a plug 8, the feeding cavity 1 is provided with a feeding port, and the plug 8 is matched with the feeding port; when using, the medical staff puts food and liquid into the feeding cavity 1, and the food and liquid are transported into the patient's stomach through the pipe 3, so as to solve the problem of difficulty in eating and drinking for the patient, and when not transporting food and liquid, the plastic film 7 is bent, and the plug 8 is plugged into the feeding port on the feeding cavity 1, so as to avoid dust or other impurities from polluting the pipe 3 and the stomach of the patient.

[0023] The side wall of the feeding cavity 1 is fixedly connected with the air flushing cavity 2, and the position of the air flushing cavity 2 is opposite to the position of the plastic film 7; the air flushing cavity 2 and the feeding cavity 1 are fixedly connected with a reinforcing plate, the end of the air flushing cavity 2 is provided with a rubber cover, the air flushing cavity 2 is inflated by injecting the rubber cover with a syringe, and the rubber cover is automatically closed after the syringe is pulled out; the rubber cover is a common sealing cover in medical treatment, which is prior art and will not be described in detail here.

[0024] The side of the measuring plate 4 close to the feeding cavity 1 is fixedly connected with a positioning sleeve 9, and the inner wall of the positioning sleeve 9 abuts against the outer wall of the pipe 3; the air flushing cavity 2 and the positioning balloon 6 are fixedly connected with an air inlet pipe 10, and the air inlet pipe 10 is fixed in the side wall of the pipe 3; when using, the end of the pipe 3 provided with the positioning balloon 6 is inserted into the stomach of the patient, the medical staff inflates the air flushing cavity 2 with the help of an inflation device, the gas in the air flushing cavity 2 is filled into the positioning balloon 6 through the air inlet pipe 10, so that the positioning balloon 6 is expanded, the pipe 3 is gently pulled to ensure that the positioning balloon 6 is separated from the gastric wall, so that the pipe 3 is limited in the stomach of the patient, then the measuring plate 4 is moved to the position of the scale line 5, and the position of the measuring plate 4 on the scale line 5 is observed, so that the thickness of the gastric wall can be measured; there is a certain friction force between the positioning sleeve 9 fixed on the measuring plate 4 and the pipe 3, the measuring plate 4 can be fixed at any position on the pipe 3 through the positioning sleeve 9, so as to prevent the measuring plate 4 from sliding back and forth on the pipe 3; the gastric wall thickness can be measured through the gastrostomy tube inserted into the stomach of the patient, and the process is simple and time-saving.

[0025] Working principle: when inserting the gastrostomy tube into the stomach of the patient, the end of the catheter 3 with the positioning balloon 6 is inserted into the stomach of the patient, the medical staff fills the inflation cavity 2 with the inflation device, the gas in the inflation cavity 2 is filled into the positioning balloon 6 through the air inlet pipe 10, so that the positioning balloon 6 expands, the catheter 3 is gently pulled, the positioning balloon 6 is ensured to be separated from the stomach wall, so as to limit the catheter 3 in the stomach of the patient, then the scale plate 4 is moved to the position of the scale line 5, the position of the scale plate 4 on the scale line 5 is observed, so as to measure the thickness of the stomach wall.

[0026] Although the embodiments of the utility model have been shown and described, it can be understood by those skilled in the art that various changes, modifications, replacements and variations can be made to these embodiments without departing from the principles and spirits of the utility model, the scope of the utility model is defined by the appended claims and their equivalents.

Claims

1. A gastrostomy tube for measuring the stomach wall, comprising a catheter (3), characterised in that: One end of the catheter (3) is fixedly connected with a feeding cavity (1), the other end of the catheter (3) is fixedly connected with a positioning balloon (6), one end of the catheter (3) close to the positioning balloon (6) is provided with a scale line (5) for measuring the thickness of the stomach wall, the scale line (5) is fixedly arranged on the outer wall of the catheter (3), and the catheter (3) is slidably connected with a scale plate (4) for measuring the thickness of the stomach wall in cooperation with the scale line (5).

2. The gastrostomy feeding tube according to claim 1, wherein: The outer wall of the feeding cavity (1) is fixedly connected with a plastic film (7), and the plastic film (7) is arranged at the end of the feeding cavity (1) away from the catheter (3).

3. A gastrostomy feeding tube according to claim 2, wherein: The plastic film (7) is fixedly connected with a plug (8), the feeding cavity (1) is provided with a feeding port, and the plug (8) is matched with the feeding port.

4. The gastrostomy feeding tube according to claim 2, wherein: The side wall of the feeding cavity (1) is fixedly connected with a gas flushing cavity (2), and the position of the gas flushing cavity (2) is opposite to the position of the plastic film (7), and the gas flushing cavity (2) and the feeding cavity (1) are fixedly connected with a reinforcing plate.

5. The gastrostomy feeding tube of claim 1, wherein: The side of the scale plate (4) close to the feeding cavity (1) is fixedly connected with a positioning sleeve (9), and the inner wall of the positioning sleeve (9) is in abutment with the outer wall of the catheter (3).

6. A gastrostomy feeding tube according to claim 4, wherein: The gas flushing cavity (2) and the positioning balloon (6) are fixedly connected with an air inlet pipe (10), and the air inlet pipe (10) is fixed in the side wall of the catheter (3).