US Patent Issued on July 21 for "User worn gastronomy tube retaining device and method of use" (Texas Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,685,840, issued on July 21.

"User worn gastronomy tube retaining device and method of use" was invented by Donna Burrough (San Marcos, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A user worn gastronomy tube retaining device for reducing inadvertent pulling of a gastronomy tube includes a first panel, which is resiliently flexible and removably securable around an abdomen of a user so that the first panel encircles the abdomen with an inner surface of the first panel in contact with the abdomen. A plurality of connectors is attached to an outer surface of the first panel, with each connector being selectively connectable to a gastronomy tube so ...