Nasogastric tube

鼻胃管

• 批准号: 720259
• 金额: $ 25.53万
• 依托单位: WESTCO MEDICAL LIMITED
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: GRD Development of Prototype
• 财政年份: 2013
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2013 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=720259
• 关键词: Nasogastric; tube

Nasogastric intubation is a common procedure with over 1.5 million tubes used in the UKannually. Thousands of feeding tubes are inserted daily without incident, but, misplacement of tubes can have serious consequences for the patient, and as such, the procedure has been subject to much scrutiny by health authorities. In the UK between 2005 and 2010, 21 deaths and 79 cases of harm from misplaced NG tubes were reported. As a result, the National Patient Safety Agency (NPSA) is seriously concerned about NG tube misplacement and has identified this as one of a list of 25 “Never Events”. Westco Medical Ltd has developed and patented an innovative device significantly improving the present practice. The company believes its device is a new and positive step forward in ensuring the safe delivery of clinical nutrition and medicine to patients.The device is simple, easy to use and keeps changes in procedures for nursing staff to aminimum in order to easily integrate the Feeding Tube Position Confirmation Device (NGPod) in to the healthcare arena. The NPSA recommends that the nasal feeding tube position should be checked before each feed. The current test is imprecise and not always possible.Westco believe, and is backed by clinical experts, that this new technology has the potential to become best practice in enteral feeding.This project will develop the final prototype of the device in its digital format and therefromproduce finished devices for clinical testing. The device will be built in house to supply anumber of Teaching Hospitals for clinical testing. The trials will also check the devicethrough utilising real time testing of acidity levels on the journey from nose to stomach.There will be certifications applied for to ensure European compliance initially and then USA.IP is being protected through patent renewal and also the registration of new patents. At the end of the project Westco will be capable of a full sales launch throughout Europe.

鼻胃插管是一种常见的手术，在英国每年使用超过150万根插管。每天都有成千上万的喂食管插入，没有发生任何事故，但是，管的错位可能会对患者造成严重后果，因此，该程序受到卫生当局的严格审查。在英国，2005年至2010年期间，有21人死亡，79例NG管错位造成的伤害。因此，国家患者安全局（NPSA）严重关注NG管错位，并将其确定为25个“从未发生的事件”之一。Westco Medical Ltd开发了一种创新设备并获得专利，显著改善了目前的实践。该公司认为，其设备是确保向患者安全提供临床营养和药物的新的积极步骤。该设备简单，易于使用，并将护理人员的程序更改保持在最低限度，以便轻松将饲管位置确认设备（NGPod）集成到医疗保健竞技场中。NPSA建议在每次喂食前检查鼻饲管的位置。目前的测试是不精确的，并不总是可能的。Westco相信，并得到临床专家的支持，这项新技术有潜力成为肠内喂养的最佳实践。该项目将开发数字格式的设备的最终原型，并由此生产用于临床测试的成品设备。该设备将在内部建造，以提供给一些教学医院进行临床试验。该试验还将通过利用从鼻子到胃的旅程中的酸度水平的真实的时间测试来检查该设备。最初将申请认证以确保欧洲合规性，然后是美国。通过专利更新和新专利的注册，IP受到保护。在项目结束时，Westco将能够在整个欧洲进行全面销售。