Alteration of nutritional product during enteral tube feeding

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A61M 31/00 (2006.01) A61J 15/00 (2006.01) A61M 5/14 (2006.01)

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CA 2210004

An apparatus and method are disclosed for modifying a liquid enteral nutritional product during delivery thereof from a supply (22) to a feeding tube (23) delivering the modified liquid enteral nutritional product to the gastrointestinal tract (25, 26) of a patient. At least one beneficial agent not in controlled release dosage form in a useful quantity or dose (32) is disposed within a formulation chamber (27) so as to be taken up in a liquid enteral nutritional product traversing the formulation chamber (27) while feeding the modified nutritional product into the gastrointestinal tract of a patient. The beneficial additive(s) are selected from nutrients, medicaments, probiotics, or diagnostic agents, or mixtures thereof, each in a dosage form that is dispersible in the medium of the liquid enteral nutritional product in less than two hours.

Appareil et procédé permettant de modifier un produit nutritionnel liquide à administration entérale au cours de son transport d'une source (22) de produit vers une sonde d'alimentation (23) apportant le produit nutritionnel liquide vers le tractus gastro-intestinal (25, 26) d'un patient. Au moins un agent à effet physiologique bénéfique, qui ne se présente pas sous une forme galénique à libération lente, est disposé en quantité ou dose (32) efficace dans une chambre de formulation (27) de sorte qu'il puisse être entraîné par un produit nutritionnel liquide passant par ladite chambre (27) tandis que ledit produit, ainsi modifié, est introduit dans le tractus gastro-intestinal d'un patient. Le ou les adjuvants bénéfiques sont choisis parmi les nutriments, les médicaments, les probiotiques ou des agents diagnostiques, ou encore des mélanges de ces produits, chacun se présentant sous une forme galénique dispersible dans le milieu du produit nutritionnel liquide à administration entérale en moins de deux heures.

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