Abstract: A percutaneous gastrostomy catheter includes an internal retainer configured to be maintained pressed against the stomach wall and to disengage itself from a tubing by biodegradation; and an external flange, traversed by the tubing, configured to be pressed against an external face of the abdominal wall and exert, in cooperation with the internal retainer, a pressure adapted to press an external face of the stomach wall against an internal face of the abdominal wall. The internal retainer includes an internal flange. A first face of the internal flange is configured to be pressed against an internal face of the stomach wall, the internal flange being detachable from the tubing under the effect of a simple pulling force. The internal retainer also includes an end piece pressed against the second face of the internal flange, such that the internal flange is between the end piece and the external flange, the end piece being made of a completely biodegradable copolymer or polymer having a bond with the tubing.

Abstract: The invention relates to a percutaneous gastrostomy probe with a tube (1), an internal retainer means (2) and an external collar (3). Said probe is substantially characterised in that the internal retention means (2) is made up of a) a collar (21), arranged against the stomach wall (4), which may be separated from the tube (1) by simply pulling, made from a non-biodegradable material selected only for the elastomeric properties thereof, b) an end piece (22), arranged against the external face of said collar (21), designed to maintain the same against the stomach wall (4), made from an entirely biodegradable polymer or copolymer the connection of which to the tube (1) has a pull apart rupture threshold as a function of the time for formation of the stoma.