Patents by Inventor Rebecca C. Delegge

Rebecca C. Delegge has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Elongated dilator for pull PEG tube without a loop
    Patent number: 9775782
    Abstract: A feeding tube and method for introducing a feeding tube within the gastrointestinal tract of a patient, whereby the feeding tube is introduced by using a variation of the Ponsky “pull” method of feeding tube placement. The feeding tube comprises an elongate shaft having a distal end and proximal end. The feeding tube also comprises a coupling structure for coupling the feeding tube to a pull wire, the coupling structure being internal to and proximal of the distal end of the feeding tube shaft. The coupling structure is configured to engage an outwardly biased anchor member affixed to the end of the pull wire. The feeding tube is introduced within the patient by attaching the anchor member of the previously placed pull wire to the coupling structure of the feeding tube, and then pulling the pull wire so as to pull the feeding tube into and through the gastrointestinal tract of the patient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2017
    Assignee: Cook Medical Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Rebecca C. Delegge, Mark H. Delegge
  • ELONGATED DILATOR FOR PULL PEG TUBE WITHOUT A LOOP
    Publication number: 20160038379
    Abstract: A feeding tube and method for introducing a feeding tube within the gastrointestinal tract of a patient, whereby the feeding tube is introduced by using a variation of the Ponsky “pull” method of feeding tube placement. The feeding tube comprises an elongate shaft having a distal end and proximal end. The feeding tube also comprises a coupling structure for coupling the feeding tube to a pull wire, the coupling structure being internal to and proximal of the distal end of the feeding tube shaft. The coupling structure is configured to engage an outwardly biased anchor member affixed to the end of the pull wire. The feeding tube is introduced within the patient by attaching the anchor member of the previously placed pull wire to the coupling structure of the feeding tube, and then pulling the pull wire so as to pull the feeding tube into and through the gastrointestinal tract of the patient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2014
    Publication date: February 11, 2016
    Inventors: Rebecca C. Delegge, Mark H. Delegge