Surgery – Means for introducing or removing material from body for... – Treating material introduced into or removed from body...
Patent
1996-07-01
1998-05-26
Buiz, Michael Powell
Surgery
Means for introducing or removing material from body for...
Treating material introduced into or removed from body...
604 84, 604 85, 604 8, 6048901, A61M 3700
Patent
active
057556881
ABSTRACT:
An apparatus and method are disclosed for modifying a liquid enteral nutritional product during delivery thereof from a supply to a feeding tube delivering the modified liquid enteral nutritional product to the gastrointestinal tract of a patient. At least one beneficial agent not in controlled release dosage form in a useful, dose unit, amount, is disposed within a formulation chamber so as to be taken up in a liquid enteral nutritional product traversing the formulation chamber while feeding the modified nutritional product into the gastrointestinal tract of a patient. The beneficial additive(s) are selected from nutrients, medicaments, probiotics, or diagnostic agents, or mixtures thereof, each in a dosage form that is dispersible in the medium of the liquid enteral nutritional product in less than two hours.
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Geckle Bonita Kay
Mazer Terrence Bruce
Piontek Carl Joseph
Walton Joseph Edward
Abbott Laboratories
Blyveis Deborah
Buiz Michael Powell
Woodworth Brian R.
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