N.v. Nutricia

Raumedic Ag

Bs Medical Tech Industry Sarl

Reinhold Wolkenstoerfer

Bertrand Basch

Ralf Ziembinski

We generally describe an enteral feeding adapter comprising: a tube section; a crimping fixation unit arranged on said tube section at a first section of said enteral feeding adapter for releasably connecting said enteral feeding adapter with a gastrostomy tube connector; and a screw cap freely rotatably arranged around said tube section at a second section of said enteral feeding adapter for connecting said enteral feeding adapter with a screw connector.

Enteral feeding adapter

A gastrostomy device () comprises a gastrostomy tube () having a retainer lumen () extending between a proximal part and a distal part of the tube (); and an inflatable retaining element () coupled to the tube () at the distal part. An interior space of the retaining element () is in fluid communication with the retainer lumen (). The gastrostomy device () also comprises an indicator () being in fluid communication with the retainer lumen () at the proximal part of the tube (). The indicator () is configured for indicating a pressure in the retaining element () continuously within a range from a pressure corresponding to an empty retaining element () to an optimal pressure for the inflated retaining element ().

Gastrostomy device with pressure monitoring

A tube for a medical container has a tube wall which consists of at least two layers. According to the invention, at least one layer contains a styrene-containing thermoplastic polymer (S-TPE), in particular a styrene-butadiene block copolymer (SBC) or a copolyester, a copolyester ether or a cyclic olefin copolyester. The at least one other layer contains ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer (EVA), preferably with a vinyl acetate (VA) portion in the ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer of from 10% to 30%, preferably 14% to 28%. The EVA can be mixed with a thermoplastic polybutene and/or SEBS to improve the tube properties. The tube wall can have a two-layer structure with an inner or an outer layer which contains the S-TPE, copolyester, copolyester ether or cyclic olefin copolyester, or a three-layer structure with an outer and inner layer containing the S-TPE or copolyester or copolyester ether.

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Neunkirchen, Germany

Reinhold Wolkenstoerfer