Patents Assigned to Art Healthcare Ltd.
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Patent number: 9713579Abstract: A system for positioning of a naso/orogastric feeding tube. The system comprises an interface adapted to receive a combined impedance measure comprising a plurality of impedance readings from a plurality of impedance sensors disposed in a plurality of segments along a lateral surface of a naso/orogastric feeding tube; wherein one of the plurality of segments is located to be at least 1 centimeters above another of the plurality of segments when the naso/orogastric feeding tube is in a feeding position, a code store for storing a code, a processor coupled to the interface and the program store for implementing the stored code, the code comprising code to calculate an estimation of a position of the naso/orogastric feeding tube according to the combined impedance measure, and code to generate instructions for a caregiver to relocate the naso/orogastric feeding tube according to the estimation.Type: GrantFiled: March 12, 2015Date of Patent: July 25, 2017Assignee: ART Healthcare Ltd.Inventors: Liron Elia, Gavriel J. Iddan
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Publication number: 20170202750Abstract: Disclosed is an NGT system, the system comprises a nasogastric tube having a diameter and length configured to pass through an esophagus such that the lumen of the NGT maintains fluid communication with a portion of the digestive tract, and a digestive tract sensor operatively associated with the NGT, the digestive tract sensor configured to sense from inside the body and transmit signals in response to one or both of conditions relating to nourishment states of the digestive tract, and positioning of the NGT.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 3, 2017Publication date: July 20, 2017Applicant: ART Healthcare Ltd.Inventor: Liron ELIA
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Patent number: 9642779Abstract: There is provided a computer-implemented method for calculating a gastric emptying rate from a stomach lumen into a small intestine of a patient, comprising: using at least one processor for executing the following during an enteral tube feeding of a stomach of the patient by a feeding mechanism: analyzing outputs of at least one stomach sensor located within the stomach for detecting a stop feeding condition; pausing the enteral tube feeding in response to a detection of the stop feeding condition; after a predefined period of time, restarting the enteral tube feeding until the stop condition is redetected by an analysis of said outputs; calculating a gastric emptying rate based on an amount of feeding content delivered during a period between the restarting and the redetection; and instructing the feeding mechanism to adapt a feeding rate of the enteral tube feeding according to the gastric emptying rate.Type: GrantFiled: November 26, 2015Date of Patent: May 9, 2017Assignee: ART Healthcare Ltd.Inventors: Liron Elia, Gavriel J. Iddan
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Patent number: 9610227Abstract: Disclosed is an NGT system, the system comprises a nasogastric tube having a diameter and length configured to pass through an esophagus such that the lumen of the NGT maintains fluid communication with a portion of the digestive tract, and a digestive tract sensor operatively associated with the NGT, the digestive tract sensor configured to sense from inside the body and transmit signals in response to one or both of conditions relating to nourishment states of the digestive tract, and positioning of the NGT.Type: GrantFiled: March 27, 2016Date of Patent: April 4, 2017Assignee: ART Healthcare Ltd.Inventor: Liron Elia
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Publication number: 20160206517Abstract: Disclosed is an NGT system, the system comprises a nasogastric tube having a diameter and length configured to pass through an esophagus such that the lumen of the NGT maintains fluid communication with a portion of the digestive tract, and a digestive tract sensor operatively associated with the NGT, the digestive tract sensor configured to sense from inside the body and transmit signals in response to one or both of conditions relating to nourishment states of the digestive tract, and positioning of the NGT.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 27, 2016Publication date: July 21, 2016Applicant: ART Healthcare Ltd.Inventor: Liron ELIA
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Publication number: 20160113843Abstract: A naso/orogastric device having backflow blocking means and comprises a naso/orogastric tube sized and shaped for being disposed within the esophagus so that at least a distal end thereof being placed in the stomach lumen of a patient, at least one elastic esophageal body, positioned along the naso/orogastric tube, having a pressure dependent volume, at least one esophageal sensor that detects fluid around at least one segment of the naso/orogastric tube, and a pressure regulator that regulates a pressure within the elastic esophageal body according to the detection.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 4, 2016Publication date: April 28, 2016Applicant: ART Healthcare Ltd.Inventors: Liron Elia, Nir Lilach, Eliahu Eliachar
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Patent number: 9295395Abstract: Disclosed is an NGT system, the system comprises a nasogastric tube having a diameter and length configured to pass through an esophagus such that the lumen of the NGT maintains fluid communication with a portion of the digestive tract, and a digestive tract sensor operatively associated with the NGT, the digestive tract sensor configured to sense from inside the body and transmit signals in response to one or both of conditions relating to nourishment states of the digestive tract, and positioning of the NGT.Type: GrantFiled: March 2, 2008Date of Patent: March 29, 2016Assignee: ART Healthcare Ltd.Inventors: Liron Elia, Tahel Meyerovitch
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Patent number: 9226878Abstract: A naso/orogastric device having backflow blocking means and comprises a naso/orogastric tube sized and shaped for being disposed within the esophagus so that at least a distal end thereof being placed in the stomach lumen of a patient, at least one elastic esophageal body, positioned along the naso/orogastric tube, having a pressure dependent volume, at least one esophageal sensor that detects fluid around at least one segment of the naso/orogastric tube, and a pressure regulator that regulates a pressure within the elastic esophageal body according to the detection.Type: GrantFiled: January 27, 2011Date of Patent: January 5, 2016Assignee: ART Healthcare Ltd.Inventors: Liron Elia, Nir Lilach, Eliahu Eliachar
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Publication number: 20140330076Abstract: A feeding tube device for postpyloric feeding that comprises a bendable feeding tube having a proximal end, a central portion and, and a distal end and a delivery lumen therealong for conducting a digestible substance therethrough, an imaging unit having an image sensor mounted on a tip of the distal end to image an imaging space thereinfront, and a tilting mechanism for tilting the distal end in relation to the central portion. The distal end has at least one lateral tilt and feeding opening therealong for delivering the digestible substance therethrough, the at least one lateral tilt and feeding opening are laid out so that when the tilting mechanism tilts the distal end the at least one lateral tilt and feeding opening narrows.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 29, 2012Publication date: November 6, 2014Applicant: ART Healthcare Ltd.Inventors: Liron Elia, Gavriel J. Iddan, Nir Lilach
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Publication number: 20130158514Abstract: A naso/orogastric device having backflow blocking means and comprises a naso/orogastric tube sized and shaped for being disposed within the esophagus so that at least a distal end thereof being placed in the stomach lumen of a patient, at least one elastic esophageal body, positioned along the naso/orogastric tube, having a pressure dependent volume, at least one esophageal sensor that detects fluid around at least one segment of the naso/orogastric tube, and a pressure regulator that regulates a pressure within the elastic esophageal body according to the detection.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 27, 2011Publication date: June 20, 2013Applicant: ART Healthcare Ltd.Inventors: Liron Elia, Nir Lilach, Eliahu Eliachar
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Publication number: 20130014761Abstract: An endotracheal device that comprises an endotracheal tube sized and shaped for being disposed within the trachea so that at least a distal segment thereof being placed in the windpipe lumen of a patient and at least one self expending element disposed around a peripheral surface of the endotracheal tube and having a first thickness in a compressed state and a second thickness in an expanded state, the at least one self expending element switching from the compressed state to the expanded state when absorbing moisture. The first thickness is thinner than the second thickness.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 27, 2011Publication date: January 17, 2013Applicant: ART Healthcare Ltd.Inventors: Liron Elia, Gavriel J. Iddan, Nir Lilach, Eliahu Eliachar
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Publication number: 20130012920Abstract: A naso/orogastric device that comprises a naso/orogastric tube sized and shaped for being disposed within the esophagus so that at least a distal segment thereof being placed in the stomach lumen of a patient and at least one self expending element disposed around a peripheral surface of the naso/orogastric tube and having a first thickness in a compressed state and a second thickness in an expanded state, the at least one self expending element switching from the compressed state to the expanded state when absorbing moisture. The first thickness is thinner than the second thickness.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 27, 2011Publication date: January 10, 2013Applicant: ART Healthcare Ltd.Inventors: Liron Elia, Gavriel J. Iddam, Nir Lilach, Eliahu Eliachar
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Publication number: 20100030133Abstract: Disclosed is an NGT system, the system comprises a nasogastric tube having a diameter and length configured to pass through an esophagus such that the lumen of the NGT maintains fluid communication with a portion of the digestive tract, and a digestive tract sensor operatively associated with the NGT, the digestive tract sensor configured to sense from inside the body and transmit signals in response to one or both of conditions relating to nourishment states of the digestive tract, and positioning of the NGT.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 2, 2008Publication date: February 4, 2010Applicant: Art Healthcare Ltd.Inventors: Liron Elia, Tahel Meyerovitch