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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 19, 2026
Filed:
May. 07, 2018
Otsuka Pharmaceutical Factory, Inc., Tokushima, JP;
Pax Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Otsuka Clinical Solutions, Inc., Ikinawa-ken, JP;
Shinya Miike, Tokyo, JP;
Yutaka Suzuki, Tokyo, JP;
Otsuka Pharmaceutical Factory, Inc., Tokushima, JP;
Pax Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Otsuka Clinical Solutions, Inc., Ikinawa-ken, JP;
Abstract
A medical tube position confirmation system for confirming the position of a medical tube that is used to supply nutrients to the interior of a body by means of tube feeding while an end portion thereof is inserted into (placed in) the stomach includes a light guide that is configured to guide light entering through an incident end portion so that the light exits through an exit end portion, and is configured to be insertable into the medical tube so that the exit end portion is disposed in the interior of the stomach, and a light source that is optically connected to the incident end portion of the light guide and emits light containing wavelengths that pass through a living body.