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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 17, 2017
Filed:
Dec. 05, 2013
Nutriseal Limited Partnership, Tel Aviv, IL;
Doron Besser, Tel Aviv, IL;
Guy Ben Ezra, Karkur, IL;
Avinoam Nevler, Reut, IL;
Orit Shaked, Ramat Yishai, IL;
Eyal Haytman, Kfar Vradim, IL;
NUTRISEAL LIMITED PARTNERSHIP, Tel Aviv, IL;
Abstract
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.