Title:
ENTERAL NUTRIENT AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCING THE SAME
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2003/035112
Kind Code:
A1
Abstract:
It is intended to provide an enteral nutrient whereby the reflow of a tube−fed nutrient from the stomach to the esophagus can be easily inhibited. An enteral nutrient (130) is prepared into a semisolid product that has characteristics common to solids of having shape retention properties and thus holding its shape without spontaneous change and being capable of containing nutritional ingredients at higher level than in liquids or fluids, and yet has another characteristic common to liquids and fluids of easily undergoing changes in shape due to outer force compared with solids. The shape retention properties are maintained before and after the administration of the enteral nutrient to a patient. When the enteral nutrient is pooled in the patient’s body, moreover, the shape retention properties are still maintained so as to prevent the enteral nutrient from liquefaction due to the body temperature of the patient.
Inventors:
KANIE JIRO (JP)
Application Number:
PCT/JP2002/010704
Publication Date:
May 01, 2003
Filing Date:
October 15, 2002
Export Citation:
Assignee:
KANIE JIRO (JP)
International Classes:
A61J15/00; A61K9/00; A61K47/36; A61P3/02; (IPC1-7): A61K47/36; A23L1/29; A61K9/06; A61K47/46; A61P3/02
Foreign References:
| JP2000279107A | 2000-10-10 | |||
| JP2000217544A | 2000-08-08 | |||
| JP2000152975A | 2000-06-06 | |||
| JPH08196236A | 1996-08-06 |
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Kurusu, Kazunori (Marunouchi Estate Bldg. 2-17-12 Marunouch, Naka-ku Nagoya-shi Aichi, JP)
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