Nutriseal Limited Partnership

Bactriblue, Ltd.

Envizion Medical Ltd.

Turbo Seal L.p.

Eyal Haytman

Orit Shaked

Avinoam Nevler

Assaf Deutsch

Eliahu Pewzner

Doron Besser

Guy Ben Ezra

A nasogastric tube () including a main lumen () having one or more proximal connectors () for connecting to a source of substances or pressure, and one or more vacuum lumens () peripherally surrounding the main lumen (), each vacuum lumen () including a vacuum sealing portion (), which includes one or more suction ports () for sealingly drawing an inner wall of an esophagus thereagainst.

Nasogastric tube

A system comprising: a nasogastric tube comprising: (a) a main lumen having one or more proximal connectors for connecting to a source of substances or pressure; (b) at least four vacuum lumens peripherally surrounding said main lumen; and (c) at least four suction ports for sealingly drawing an inner wall of an esophagus thereagainst, each of said at least four suction ports associated with a different one of said at least four vacuum lumens, wherein said at least four suction ports are distributed between at least two different locations along a longitudinal axis of said nasogastric tube.

The device disclosed herein may be affixed over a transparent dressing overlying the catheter entry point, or may be used independent of such a dressing. The device may be affixed to the catheter insertion site using an adhesive or fastening band, or through other methods. Depending on context, the device may be used continuously or periodically, and may be affixed such that it is directly abutting a transparent dressing or directly adjacent to the skin surface, or it may be spaced a certain distance from the skin. If spaced from the skin, light may be directed from the light sources, either directly or indirectly through optical conduits. Preferably the light sources will be positioned such that light from the light sources overlaps at one or more areas on the skin, especially the catheter entry point.

Methods and apparatus for reducing count of infectious agents in intravenous access system

Methods and apparatus for preventing patient bloodstream infection by microorganisms during administration of various medications or fluids through IV lines. In particular, the invention reduces contamination of IV lines, connecters, stopcock valves, manifolds, ports, etc. by means of irradiation by violet and/or blue light. Each embodiment comprises a source of violet and/or blue light and an optical element optically coupled to that light source for shaping the radiation pattern of the light emitted by the light source. Preferably, a light-emitting diode or a laser diode that emits light in the desired wavelength can be used. The optical element, optically coupled to the light source, is embedded or installed in or attached to a component of an IV set, the emitted light being directed to a 'point of entry' or any other stagnation point of an IV set.

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Eyal Haytman