CORONAVIRUS (COVID-19) RESOURCE CENTER Read More
custom-prototype

SurTube™

AbleData does not produce, distribute or sell any of the products listed on this website, but we provide you with information on how to contact manufacturers or distributors of these products. If you are interested in purchasing a product, you can find companies who sell it below.

PROTOTYPE-----SurTube™ is a nonradiographic system of differentiating the respiratory, gastric, small bowel, or esophageal location of a feeding tube when placed in a patient. Using an optical method, the SurTube™ system allows the feeding tube to be located during placement and maintenance checks to ensure correct placement or information to manipulate an incorrect placement without exposing the patient to repeated harmful x-rays and decreasing the number of feeding tube adverse events due to misplacement.

Technical Specifications: 

The placement and maintenance of temporary feeding tubes is an inexact science. Feeding the gastrointestinal system of neonates and/or infants, when functional, is optimal to maximize positive outcomes. Medical literature show feeding tubes were misplaced either above or below the diaphragm up to 55.6%, and approximately 2-4% were placed in the pulmonary system in the neonatal population. Feeding tube errors in this fragile population has not been studied as the direct cause of increased morbidity or mortality because of the severity of many neonates primary illness but feeding tube errors have been the direct cause of neonates and/or infants prolonged hospital stays and increasing health care costs. Evidence Based Practice (EBP) has recommended taking an X-ray after tube placement and for ongoing placement confirmation as the “gold standard” for feeding tube location verification. This “standard” creates debate and reluctance in the medical community because of the radiation exposure and cost in neonatal and pediatric care centers.

Atlantic Pediatric Device Consortium (APDC). When the project joined the consortium the device was in the prototype stage of development. Principal Investigators: Kathryn Waitzman, RN and Brad Slaker

***SurTube™ is a registered trademark.***

Available

Price Check
Price: 
0.00
as of: 
07/21/2015
Additional Pricing Notes: 
This is a prototype and not available for purchase.
Seller(s): 
SurTube™