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Title:
PHARYNGEAL-ENTERIC TUBE COMBINATION
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2017/079624
Kind Code:
A3
Abstract:
The disclosed device, method, and system provide a simple, safe, effective and widely applicable method-device to suction the throat in patients with absence or incompetent swallowing reflexes. For instance, disclosed is a combination enteric feeding and pharyngeal suctioning tube that both pumps food to a patient's stomach while suctioning a patient's throat to remove pharyngeal secretions. The suctioning tube may be an attachment to a feeding tube that terminates just at or above the esophageal opening when connected to the feeding tube. The end of the pharyngeal suctioning tube may include perforations that allow the pharyngeal secretions to be vacuumed into the suctioning portion for removal.

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Inventors:
ROSENGART AXEL (US)
Application Number:
PCT/US2016/060630
Publication Date:
June 29, 2017
Filing Date:
November 04, 2016
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Assignee:
CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER (US)
International Classes:
A61M1/00; A61M3/00
Foreign References:
US4828550A1989-05-09
US20140039532A12014-02-06
US20080147011A12008-06-19
US4613323A1986-09-23
Other References:
See also references of EP 3370795A4
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
KIM, TaeSoo Sean et al. (US)
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