Enteral feeding tube

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A - Human Necessities

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A61J 15/00 (2006.01)

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CA 2087335

A relatively flexible, dual-lumen enteral feeding tube (10) for delivery of fluid through a patient's esophagus to the patient's intestinal tract is provided having an enteral feeding lumen (22) and a relatively small stylet lumen (24) separate from the enteral feeding lumen (22) and longitudinally co-extensive with a substantial length of the enteral feeding lumen (22). The stylet lumen (24) has a removable relatively stiff metal stylet (85), the stylet (85) with a tapered annealed distal portion. The stylet (85) has a coating of polytetrafluorethylene and a coating of silicone over the polytetrafluorethylene. The tube (10) also has a Y-site adaptor (16) fixed on the proximal end of the tube (10). The Y-site adaptor (16) has Y-site openings through which access may be had to the enteral feeding lumen (22).

ette invention concerne un tube d'alimentation entérale à deux lumières (10) servant à acheminer un fluide dans le tractus intestinal d'un patient, via l'oesophage, et comportant une lumière d'alimentation entérale (22) et une lumière à stylet relativement petite, distincte de la lumière (22) et longeant celle-ci sur une distance appréciable. La lumière à stylet (24) comporte un stylet métallique amovible relativement rigide (85), dont l'extrémité distale est un cône annelé. Le stylet (85) a un revêtement de polytétrafluoréthylène, lui-même enrobé de silicone. Le tube (10) comprend également à son extrémité proximale un adaptateur en Y qui présente deux ouverture permettant d'accéder au tube (22).

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