Gastrostomy tube

Product overview
Feeding tubes play a vital role in medical nutrition support, providing essential nourishment to patients who are unable to consume food orally. They facilitate delivery of nutrients directly into the gastrointestinal tract to maintain optimal nutrition and support patient well-being. Feeding tubes are designed to accommodate various patient needs and clinical scenarios, and are available in different types and sizes.

Benefits and applications

• Ensure adequate and efficient nutritional intake by delivering specialized formulas of proteins, carbohydrates, fats, vitamins and minerals directly to the stomach or intestines.
• Bypass the oral cavity to overcome swallowing difficulties, impaired appetite or long-term mechanical ventilation.
• Allow precise monitoring and control of nutritional intake; healthcare professionals can adjust rate and volume according to patient-specific factors such as age, weight and medical condition.
• Promote gastrointestinal care: enable gastric decompression to remove excess air and fluids, help prevent aspiration, facilitate administration of medications and allow collection of gastric samples for diagnostics.

Key product features

• Disposable sterile feeding tube.
• Sterilized by EO gas. Non-toxic. Non-pyrogenic. Single use only.
• Made from implantation-tested PVC, non-irritant to delicate mucous membranes.
• Super smooth coned tip with two lateral eyes at distal end. Heat-polished eye-type.
• Color-coded female luer mount provided for safe feeding with syringe or funnel.
• Radio-opaque strip co-extruded as an integral part of the catheter wall for radiographic visibility.
• Available with DEHP or DEHP-FREE options.

Types
Feeding tubes are used in different forms such as nasogastric tubes, gastrostomy tubes and jejunostomy tubes to align with specific clinical requirements.

Caractéristiques / spécifications techniques

• Material: Medical grade PVC (DEHP or DEHP FREE).
• Sterilization: EO gas; non-toxic; non-pyrogenic; single use only.
• Tip: Super smooth coned tip with two lateral eyes; heat-polished eye-type.
• Connector: Color-coded female luer mount for syringe or funnel feeding.
• Radio-opaque: Radio-opaque strip co-extruded in catheter wall.
• Sizes available: F4, F5, F6, F8, F10, F12, F14, F16, F18, F20, F22.
• Package: Blister / PE.