Appeal No. 96-3544
Application No. 08/296,856
APPENDIX
11. A guide tube for insertion in an animal having a mouth,
an esophagus and a stomach connected in series communication,
for extending from the animal's mouth, through the esophagus
into the animal's stomach and for aiding in the insertion of
a gastrostomy tube in the animal, the apparatus comprising: a
hollow, rigid tube having an interior wall contoured for
guiding an end of a fiber pushed through the tube, an
insertion end of the tube having an interior wall and a
longitudinal axis bent away from a longitudinal axis of an
opposite, handle end of the tube, the tube being at least as
long as the distance from the mouth to the stomach, the tube
having an outer diameter no greater than the esophagus, and
the interior wall of the insertion end of the tube contoured
outwardly from the insertion end axis, forming an angle with
the axis less than 90 degrees to form a flared end.
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