Gastroenteric feeding tube

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1985-02-19

1986-09-09

Rosenbaum, C. Fred

Surgery

Means for introducing or removing material from body for...

Treating material introduced into or removed from body...

A61M 31005

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046106731

ABSTRACT:
A gastroenteric feeding tube comprises a tubular shaft having distal and proximal ends, an enlarged intermediate portion which extends from the distal end of the shaft, and a weighted bolus which extends from the intermediate portion. The shaft has an imperforate sidewall and a side aperture in the intermediate portion communicates with the interior of the shaft for dispensing a feeding formula from the tube. The feeding tube is constructed so that it is sufficiently flexible to permit the passage thereof through a nostril of a patient during intubation of the tube, but nevertheless sufficiently rigid to permit the intubation of the tube without the use of a stylet therein.

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Saltzberg et al., "Feeding Tube-Induced Pneumothorax", in Journal of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition, vol. 8, No. 6, 1984, pp. 714-716.
Valentine et al., "Pleural Complications of Nasoenteric Feeding Tubes", in Journal of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition, vol. 9, No. 5, 1985, pp. 605-607.

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