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Single lumen gastro-intestinal feeding-decompression tubes

  • US 6,659,974 B1
  • Filed: 10/19/2000
  • Issued: 12/09/2003
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/19/2000
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A feeding and aspirating device comprising:

  • a unitary elongate tube having a tube wall defining a central lumen, the tube having a distal end portion for placement within a patient'"'"'s digestive system, a proximal end for placement exterior to the patient and a central portion of predetermined length, the central portion having an aspirating zone extending over a segment of the central portion proximate to the distal end portion, the aspirating zone having at least two openings between the central lumen and an area exterior to the tube, a first of the two openings at a first longitudinal distance from the distal end portion and a second of the two openings at a second longitudinal distance from the distal end portion, the second distance different than the first distance; and

    a feeding orifice in the distal end portion for communication between the central lumen and a feeding area exterior to the tube, the feeding orifice having a one way valve allowing a solution to pass through the tube and exit the feeding orifice and preventing substantially any flow into the central lumen through the feeding orifice.

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