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US 9,872,515 B2Granted
Low-concentration nutritional composition
AssigneeNutri Co., Ltd.
InventorsSusumu Kawaguchi, Yoshifumi Inoue
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Abstract
The present invention provides an enteral nutritional composition with which the labor of administering water between meals can be saved. The enteral nutritional composition comprises proteins, carbohydrates and lipids, with the calories per ml of the composition being less than 1 kcal and the moisture content being 30 percent by mass or more.
Claims21
A method comprising:
- administering a low-concentration enteral nutritional composition in semi-solid form to a subject who has difficulty taking food from the mouth, wherein the low-concentration enteral nutritional composition is administered by a gastric fistula catheter directly into the subject's stomach,
- wherein the composition includes proteins, carbohydrates and lipids, and the calories per ml of the composition are less than 1 kcal and yet the moisture content is 30 percent by mass or more, and
- the content of the carbohydrates per 100 kcal of the composition is 13.0-17.0 g.
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