|Publication number||US8142394 B1|
|Application number||US 12/977,359|
|Publication date||Mar 27, 2012|
|Priority date||Dec 23, 2010|
|Also published as||CA2819443A1, EP2654660A1, EP2654660B1, US8672882, US20120245519, WO2012085711A1|
|Publication number||12977359, 977359, US 8142394 B1, US 8142394B1, US-B1-8142394, US8142394 B1, US8142394B1|
|Inventors||John A. Rotella, Adrienne A. Hershey, Donald J. McMichael|
|Original Assignee||Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.|
|Export Citation||BiBTeX, EndNote, RefMan|
|Patent Citations (45), Non-Patent Citations (1), Referenced by (10), Classifications (12), Legal Events (4)|
|External Links: USPTO, USPTO Assignment, Espacenet|
The present invention relates generally to balloon catheters, and more particularly to improved gastrostomy tubes or enteral feeding catheters.
Numerous situations exist in which a body cavity needs to be catheterized to achieve a desired medical goal. One relatively common situation is to provide nutritional solutions or medicines directly into the stomach or intestines. A stoma is formed in the stomach or intestinal wall and a catheter is placed through the stoma. This surgical opening and/or the procedure to create the opening is common referred to as “gastrostomy”. Feeding solutions can be injected through the catheter to provide nutrients directly to the stomach or intestines (known as enteral feeding). A variety of different catheters intended for enteral feeding have been developed over the years, including some having a “low profile” relative to the portion of the catheter which sits on a patient's skin, as well as those having the more traditional or non-low profile configuration. These percutaneous transport catheters or tubes are frequently referred to as “gastrostomy tubes”, “percutaneous gastrostomy catheters”, “PEG tubes” or “enteral feeding catheters”.
To prevent the PEG tube from being pulled out of the stomach/intestinal wall, various types of retainers are used at a distal end of the catheter. Examples of conventional devices with Malecot tips or similar expanding tips are found at, for example, U.S. Pat. No. 3,915,171 for “Gastrostomy Tube” issued to Shermeta; U.S. Pat. No. 4,315,513 for “Gastrostomy and Other Percutaneous Transport Tubes” issued to Nawash et al.; U.S. Pat. No. 4,944,732 for “Gastrostomy Port” issued to Russo; and U.S. Pat. No. 5,484,420 for “Retention Bolsters for Percutaneous Catheters” issued to Russo. Exemplary commercial products include the Passport® Low Profile Gastrostomy Device available from Cook Medical, Inc. of Bloomington, Ind. and the Mini One™ Non-Balloon Button available from Applied Medical Technology, Inc. of Brecksville, Ohio. A shortcoming of these devices relates to the manner of insertion and withdrawal of a catheter or tube incorporating these retaining fixtures (e.g., a gastrostomy tube) into a body lumen such as into the stomach.
Balloons can be used in place of these conventional devices with Malecot tips or similar expanding tips. A balloon, typically made of a “soft” or elastomeric medical grade silicone, is attached to the end of the catheter and is deflated for insertion through the stoma and then inflated to hold the enteral feeding assembly in position. While these balloons have many advantages, balloons may eventually leak and deflate. In addition, “soft” or elastomeric medical grade silicone has a tendency to “creep” or stress relax over time which can change the dimensions of the balloon.
Various types of medical devices incorporating inflatable balloons devices are known and widely used in the medical field. For example, endotracheal tubes and tracheostomy tubes utilize inflatable balloons to create a seal that prevents the passage of mucus into the lungs. Pilot balloons, pressure gauges, and inflation indicators are used to provide a continuous reading of the pressure in the balloon in these devices. That is, these devices provide an output that conveys continuous or uninterrupted information showing pressure increases and decreases in the balloon. These devices are described at, for example, U.S. Pat. No. 3,642,005 for “Endotracheal Tube With Inflatable Cuff” issued to McGinnis; U.S. Pat. No. 4,266,550 for “Pressure Indicators For Inflatable Cuff-Type Catheters” issued to Bruner; U.S. Pat. No. 6,732,734 for “Pilot Balloon For Balloon Catheters” issued to Ogushi et al.; and U.S. Pat. No. 7,404,329 for “Pressure Gauge For Use With An Airway Lumen” issued to Quinn et al.
In addition to pilot balloons, pressure indicators incorporating bellows or diaphragms are known and electronic pressure indicators are known. For example, a simple bellows pressure indicator for showing continuous reading of fluid pressure is described in U.S. Pat. No. 3,780,693 for “Visible Fluid Pressure Indicator” to Parr. U.S. Pat. No. 7,383,736 “Device and Method for Pressure Indication” issued to Esnouf, describes a bellows device for use with a laryngeal mask balloon or other airway management equipment incorporating balloons. The device of Esnouf incorporates a bellows that is displaced by a differential pressure between the outside of the bellows and the inside of the bellows to provide a continuous reading of the increases and decreases in the pressure of fluid in the balloon. U.S. Pat. No. 7,018,359 for “Inner Pressure Indicator of Cuff” issued to Igarashi et al., describes a bellows or spring structure for use with a tracheostomy tube balloon or endotracheal tube. The device of Igarashi et al. is connected to the balloon through an inflation tube and has an inflation valve at the other end that is connected to a syringe. The device uses a bellows and/or spring indicator provide a continuous reading and display of the increase and decrease in the pressure of fluid in the balloon through movement of the bellows against a numerical scale printed on the housing. U.S. Pat. No. 5,218,970 for “Tracheal Tube Cuff Pressure Monitor” issued to Turnbull et al. describes a continuous pressure monitor for a tracheal tube incorporating an electronic pressure sensor such as a silicon strain gauge pressure sensor, a processor that performs various calibration, scaling and calculation operations on the signal from the sensor and provides an output to a numeric display conveying a continuous reading of the increases and decreases in the pressure of fluid in the balloon.
These indicators are adapted for airway devices where careful and constant monitoring of balloon pressure is important. In order to adequately seal the space between the lumen of the trachea and the balloon, there is a tendency to overinflate the balloon, which may result in tissue damage. If the pressure is too low, the balloon does not adequately seal the space between the lumen of the trachea and the balloon thereby allowing secretions to enter the lungs causing pneumonia and other respiratory complications. In order to provide careful control of the balloon pressure, these pilot balloons, bellows and diaphragm indicators and electronic sensors are designed to convey a continuous reading of the increases and decreases in the pressure of fluid in the balloon.
While this level of sensitivity and continuous reading is desirable, pilot balloons and similar bellows or diaphragm indicators are relatively large and typically require skill and experience to accurately interpret the output of these conventional devices as they provide a continuous reading of pressure. While electronic pressure sensors are accurate and are generally easy to read, they are relatively large and expensive. Scaling these types of devices down to a sufficiently small size so they can be used with a low-profile PEG tube only highlights the problems associated with the size, calibration, accuracy, and reading or interpreting the output of these devices.
U.S. Pat. No. 6,878,130 for “External Inflation Indicator for a Low Profile Gastrostomy Tube” issued to Fournie et al. describes an external inflationary indicator similar to a pilot balloon integrated into the base of a gastrostomy device having a retainer balloon. The device of Fournie et al. provides a continuous tactile reading of the inflationary state of the retainer balloon. The Fournie et al. device utilizes two generally bubble-like portions that assume a generally convex shape when the retainer balloon is inflated and a generally concave shape when the balloon is deflated. The changing shape of these generally bubble-like portions provides a continuous tactile indication or reading of the inflationary state of the balloon. In addition, the external inflationary indicator provides continuous visual indication of the inflationary state of the retainer balloon through the use of a separating bar dividing these two generally bubble-like portions of the indicator.
The separating bar visually separates as the balloon becomes fully inflated to indicate the inflationary state.
The device of Fournie et al. is relatively complicated and adds significantly to the manufacturing process and costs. In addition, the indicator increases the overall profile (i.e., shape, height, etc.) of the head, which is generally undesirable to the user. In addition, the use of moving, mechanical indicator components is always prone to failure or malfunction of such components, which results in a complex medical procedure to replace the device.
Accordingly, there is a need for a relatively simple yet reliable pressure change indicator that can be readily integrated into the head of a PEG tube without unduly increasing the size or mechanical complexity of the head, and which is easy to view externally.
Objects and advantages of the invention will be set forth in part in the following description, or may be obvious from the description, or may be learned through practice of the invention.
The present invention provides a balloon catheter device incorporating an indicator that provides a discrete visual signal about the inflation condition of a balloon associated with the catheter. For example, the indicator provides a discrete visual signal that the volume of the balloon is different from an operational volume due to a partial or full loss of fluid used to inflate the balloon. In a particular embodiment, the indicator is disposed wholly within the base and is externally visible through the base. In another embodiment, the indicator may include a cap that is attached to an end or other circumferential position on the base.
According to an aspect of the invention, the balloon catheter device may be an enteral feeding catheter that includes a catheter having a proximal end, a distal end, and catheter walls defining a catheter lumen. A base is located at the proximal end of the catheter. An opening to the catheter lumen is defined in the base. The base may be variously configured with any desired shape or profile, and in one embodiment has a first end and a second end. An inflatable balloon is located at a distal end of the catheter. In one embodiment, the balloon may be an elastomeric balloon that stretches and expands generally continuously with increasing inflation pressure from an initial un-inflated state to an operational fill volume. In an alternate embodiment, the balloon may be configured with a collapsed, non-distended state and expands with negligible inflation pressure to an initial distended state in which the material that forms the balloon is smooth and completely unfolded but prior to any meaningful stretching of the material. The balloon is then further pressurized with fluid to an operational fill volume that is generally no more than about 1.5 times (i.e., about 50 percent greater than) the volume of the balloon at its initial distended state.
The catheter device includes an inflation valve located in the base. The inflation valve is in fluid communication with the balloon through, for example, an inflation lumen defined by a portion of the wall of the catheter. An external inflation lumen or other configurations are also contemplated. The inflation valve may desirably be located on the first end of the base.
The indicator is configured as an internal cavity defined partially or wholly in the base that is in fluid communication with the inflatable balloon such that fluid used to inflate the balloon to its operational fill volume also fills the internal cavity. A translucent window is disposed over the internal cavity such that the interior volume of the cavity is externally viewable through the translucent window. With this configuration, introduction of a colored (i.e., non-clear) fluid through the inflation valve to inflate the balloon results in the colored fluid flowing into the internal cavity and being externally distinguishable through the translucent window, thereby providing an externally visual indication of the inflation state of the balloon. For example, the internal cavity may be configured to provide a discrete visual signal through the translucent window that the balloon is no longer inflated or is no longer at its operational fill volume.
In a particular embodiment, the inflation valve is location on the first end of the base and the internal cavity and translucent window are located on the second end of the base.
The internal cavity may be disposed is in fluid communication with the balloon in various ways. For example, an indicator lumen may be defined longitudinally along the catheter between the balloon and the internal cavity. In another embodiment, a flow passage may be defined between the inflation lumen and the internal cavity.
In certain embodiments, the internal cavity and associated translucent window are defined at a single discrete location on the base, for example at a second end of the base opposite from the inflation valve. In other embodiments, the internal cavity and associated translucent window may be defined at a plurality of discrete locations on the base, or completely around the base.
The translucent window may be an insert of translucent material disposed within an opaque portion of the base in which the internal cavity is formed. In an alternate embodiment, the portion of the base in which the internal cavity is formed may be inherently translucent such that the translucent window is defined by the portion of the base overlying the internal cavity.
The present invention also may include a source of fluid to inflate the balloon, with the fluid having a color that is visually distinguishable from the base through the translucent window.
Any manner of additional or supplemental indicators may be provided within the internal cavity. For example, a brightly colored plate or insert (or a member with a visually distinguishable pattern or texture) may be disposed within the internal cavity so as to be visible through the translucent window. Introduction of colored inflation fluid in the cavity may obscure or hide such member, thereby giving an additional visual indication that the balloon is inflated. In other words, if the distinguishing member is not visible, then the balloon is inflated.
In other aspects, the present invention includes method embodiments for providing an externally viewable visual indication of failure or malfunction of a balloon component of a balloon catheter, such as an enteral feeding catheter. The method includes inflating the balloon with a fluid that has a visually distinguishable non-clear color, the balloon being in fluid communication with a translucent portion of a base component of the catheter. In this manner, the presence of the colored fluid in the base is visually distinguishable through the base component and provides a visual indication that the balloon is at a predetermined inflated state. Visual absence of all or a portion of the colored fluid in the base is a visual indication that the balloon is no longer inflated to its operational fill volume.
Reference will now be made in detail to one or more embodiments of the invention, examples of the invention, examples of which are illustrated in the drawings. Each example and embodiment is provided by way of explanation of the invention, and is not meant as a limitation of the invention. For example, features illustrated or described as part of one embodiment may be used with another embodiment to yield still a further embodiment. It is intended that the invention include these and other modifications and variations as coming within the scope and spirit of the invention.
The balloons 13 of conventional PEG devices 10 illustrated in
The enteral feeding catheter device 20 includes a catheter 26 having a proximal end 28, a distal end 30, and catheter walls 32 defining a catheter lumen 34. A base 36 is located at the proximal end 28 of the catheter 26. The base 36 defines an opening 40 to the catheter lumen 34 and has a first end 42 and a second end 44. The assembly 10 includes an inflatable balloon 24 located at a distal end of the catheter.
The device 20 includes an inflation valve 46 located in the base 36 at the first end 42. The inflation valve 46 is in fluid communication with the balloon 24. This may be accomplished, for example, through an inflation lumen 52 (
The enteral feeding device 20 includes an indicator, generally 49, configured wholly or partially within the base 36. The indicator 49 does not utilize movable parts or components within the base 36 or attached to the base 36. Thus, the indicator 49 does not add to the overall dimensions of the base 36, particularly to the height or profile of the base 36 relative to a patient's skin, which is particularly desirable to patients. The indicator 49 is not prone to failure of movable mechanical parts, and does not significantly increase the complexity of the device 20. In a particular embodiment, the indicator 49 includes one or more internal cavities 50 defined at any desired location within the base 36. In
A translucent window 54 is disposed over the internal cavity 50 such that the internal volume of the cavity 50 is externally viewable through the base 36, more particularly through the window 54. This window 54 may be variously configured. For example, in the embodiment of
The internal cavity 50 is in fluid communication with the balloon 24 by any suitable means. For example, in the embodiment of
In other embodiments, one or more separate flow passages may be defined in the base 36 between the inflation valve 46 and the internal cavity 50. For example,
Although not illustrated, it should be appreciated that the invention also encompasses a vent configuration, for example within the base 36, that vents any trapped air within the lumens 48, 52, 56 and cavity 50 so that the entire system is pressurized with inflation fluid injected through the inflation valve 46.
Because the internal cavity 50 is in fluid communication with the balloon 24, introduction of a colored (i.e., non-clear) fluid through the inflation valve 46 to inflate the balloon 24 results in the colored fluid 68 (
As mentioned above, an additional or supplemental indicator may be provided within the internal cavity 50, for example a brightly colored ring, or patterned member 51 as indicated in the embodiment of
In the embodiment of
The translucent window 54 may be an insert 58 of translucent material that is fitted or bonded to the base 36 over the cavity 50, as depicted in
As mentioned, the balloon of the invention may be a conventional elastomeric balloon, such as the balloon 13 described above with reference to
The balloon 24 depicted in
Various materials may used to form the inflatable balloon 24 in the embodiment of
An advantage of utilizing such balloons 24 having a predetermined operational fill volume as described above is that if there is a leak or breach in the balloon or in another part of the system allowing fluid to escape, the balloon will depressurize to its initial distended state 62 wherein the balloon is at essentially zero pressure yet maintains the reserve volume of fluid, as discussed above. The reserve volume is less than the predetermined operational fill volume and reflects a volume of liquid that is retained in the balloon at about the transition from its non-distended state to its distended state. At the reserve volume, fluid may still be present in the internal cavity 50. However, exertion on the balloon by the patient will eventually cause loss of the reserve volume, more particularly loss of the fluid from the cavity 50.
While the present invention has been described in connection with certain preferred embodiments it is to be understood that the subject matter encompassed by way of the present invention is not to be limited to those specific embodiments. On the contrary, it is intended for the subject matter of the invention to include all alternatives, modifications and equivalents as can be included within the spirit and scope of the following claims.
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|International Classification||A61M29/00, A61F2/958|
|Cooperative Classification||A61J15/0088, A61J15/0015, A61J15/0042, A61J15/0065, A61M25/1018|
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