STILETT ZUR FÜHRUNG EINER ENTERALEN ERNÄHRUNGSSONDE

摘要

The present invention is an improved stylet for a enteric or nasoenteric feeding tubes. In broadest terms, the present invention comprises: a stylet for a feeding tube, the stylet having: (a) a stylet hub having a bore therethrough and adapted to be attached to one end of the feeding tube, the bore having an inner surface; (b) a longitudinally extending reinforcement member adapted to extend through the feeding tube, the reinforcement member having a proximal end; and (c) a hollow member having an outer surface and having an aperture, the hollow member disposed in the bore so as to hold the inlet end of the reinforcement member between the outer surface and the inner surface through an interference fit.