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US 9,610,227 B2Granted
Interactive NGT system
AssigneeART Healthcare Ltd.
InventorLiron Elia
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Abstract
Disclosed is an NGT system, the system comprises a nasogastric tube having a diameter and length configured to pass through an esophagus such that the lumen of the NGT maintains fluid communication with a portion of the digestive tract, and a digestive tract sensor operatively associated with the NGT, the digestive tract sensor configured to sense from inside the body and transmit signals in response to one or both of conditions relating to nourishment states of the digestive tract, and positioning of the NGT.
Claims16
A gastric feeding tube system, comprising:
- a gastric feeding tube having a diameter and length configured to pass through an esophagus;
- at least one antenna sensor adapted to emit signals and interpret return signals and positioned on said gastric feeding tube and located to be inside the body of a patient when the gastric feeding tube is in an operative position for feeding said patient, said at least one antenna sensor is positioned in or above the esophageal sphincter, in the esophagus,
- a controller adapted for:
- perform an analysis of said interpreted return signals from the at least one antenna sensor for determining a distance of said gastric feeding tube from the esophageal sphincter, and
- instructing, according to an outcome of said analysis, a performance of at least one of:
- generating an alert signal for presentation to an operator,
- suspending feeding using gastric feeding tube, and
- restarting feeding using gastric feeding tube.
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A method of operating a gastric feeding tube system, comprising:
- performing an analysis of signals from at least one antenna sensor for a distance of said gastric feeding tube from the esophageal sphincter, the at least one antenna sensor is positioned on a gastric feeding tube having a diameter and length configured to pass through an esophagus, the at least one antenna sensor is located to be inside the body of a patient when the gastric feeding tube is in an operative position for feeding said patient, said at least one antenna sensor is positioned in or above the esophageal sphincter, in the esophagus, and
- instructing, according to an outcome of said analysis, a performance of at least one of:
- generating an alert signal for presentation to an operator,
- suspending feeding using gastric feeding tube, and
- restarting feeding using gastric feeding tube.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.