PROBE FOR ENTERAL NUTRITION
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Abstract
A probe (1) for enteral nutrition includes a tubular element (2) of elongated shape and flexible, with a first extremity (2a) having a supply mouth (4) for the introduction of nutritional substances or the like and a second extremity (2b) positionable inside the stomach of a patient and having at least a dispensing hole (6) for dispensing the nutritional substances, the tubular element (2) having a main channel (7) of communication between the supply mouth (4) and the dispensing hole (6). The probe (1) includes at least a first and a second reading element (8, 9) for reading the pressure inside the digestive system of the patient at two distinct sections of the tubular element (2).
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1-23. -23. (canceled)
- 24. Probe (1) for enteral nutrition, comprising at least a tubular element (2) of elongated shape and substantially flexible, with a first extremity (2a) having at least a supply mouth (4) for the introduction of nutritional substances or the like and a second extremity (2b) positionable inside the stomach of a patient and having at least a dispensing hole (6) for dispensing said nutritional substances, said tubular element (2) having at least a main communication channel (7) between said supply mouth (4) and said dispensing hole (6), wherein it comprises at least a first and a second reading element (8, 9) for reading the pressure inside the digestive system of the patient at two distinct sections of said tubular element (2).
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