ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,414,903, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to INMED INC. (Plainfield, Ind.).

"Gastrojejunal tube apparatus and methods of use" was invented by Thomas Patrick LaRoche (Danville, Ind.) and Jeffrey Rajesh Ramkaransingh (Carmel, Ind.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Gastrojejunal (GJ) tube apparatuses and methods for using the same where the GJ tube apparatuses having a plurality of tubes forming lumens within the apparatus and including a guidance tube having a closed end which is exposed by cutting off a portion of the GJ tube apparatus and which allows for insertion of a guide wire therethrough to assist in the placement of a new GJ tube su...