Stomach Tube Articles & Analysis
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The PUG procedure is the world’s first and only ultrasound-based procedure for placing semi-permanent feeding tubes into the stomach. These feeding tubes are vital for patients who cannot eat or swallow, and require liquid nutrition (known as enteral feeding). ...
ByCoapTech
The PUG procedure is the world’s first and only ultrasound-based procedure for placing semi-permanent feeding tubes into the stomach. These feeding tubes are vital for children who cannot eat or swallow, and require liquid nutrition (known as enteral feeding). Common feeding tube placement procedures for children may expose ...
ByCoapTech
I live with a life-support ventilator, a stomach feeding tube, a tracheotomy and a coughing machine (which clears my lungs). ...
CoapTech will use the technology, initially, to bring to market a medical device allowing non-surgical providers to safely perform feeding tube placement at the bedside through a novel procedure termed PUG (Percutaneous Ultrasound Gastrostomy). PUG is a minimally invasive and more cost-effective method for the placement of permanent gastrostomy (feeding) tubes ...
ByCoapTech