Patent application number | Description | Published |
20100055197 | LONG-TERM ENTERAL FEED FOR MAINTENANCE - The present invention provides methods and compositions for providing long-term tube-fed nutrition. More specifically, the present invention provides methods and compositions for providing long-term tube-fed maintenance to a patient. | 03-04-2010 |
20100088252 | METHODS OF PROVIDING LONG-TERM NUTRITION - A method for providing long-term tube fed nutrition to at least a majority of patients requiring same comprising the steps of providing a line of tube-fed nutrition products that are designed to provide long-term nutritional requirements of at least certain patient populations, the patient population selected from the group consisting of: elderly, maintenance, cancer, digestive pathologies, pediatric, and cystic fibrosis. | 04-08-2010 |
20100094246 | LONG-TERM FEED - ELDERLY - The present invention provides methods of providing long-term and tube-fed nutrition to patients requiring same. More specifically, the present invention provides methods and compositions for providing long-term nutrition to an elderly patient. | 04-15-2010 |
20100152107 | LONG-TERM FEED - CANCER PATIENT - Pursuant to the present invention, methods and compositions are provided for providing long-term tube-fed nutrition. More specifically, pursuant to the present invention, methods and compositions are provided for providing long-term tube-fed nutrition to cancer patients. | 06-17-2010 |
20130296234 | LONG-TERM FEED-ELDERLY - The present invention provides methods of providing long-term and tube-fed nutrition to patients requiring same. More specifically, the present invention provides methods and compositions for providing long-term nutrition to an elderly patient. | 11-07-2013 |
20150079004 | METHODS FOR INCREASING SWALLOWING EFFICACY - In a general embodiment, a method for increasing efficacy of a swallow response is provided. The method includes providing a thickened composition having a xanthan gum thickening component, and orally administering the composition to an individual having, or at risk of having, a swallowing impairment. In an embodiment, the efficacy of the swallow response is increased by reducing an amount of pharyngeal residue in the individual's piriform sinuses, valleculae, and/or pharyngeal wall during or after the individual swallows the composition. | 03-19-2015 |
20150112150 | APPARATUSES FOR DETECTING AND/OR DIAGNOSING SWALLOWING DISORDERS - Apparatuses for detecting swallowing disorders and methods for using same are provided. In a general embodiment, the apparatuses include a disposable sensor base and a sensor that is received by the disposable sensor base. The sensor base includes a sensor interface having a predetermined cut-away shape and a directionally-keyed mating surface. The sensor includes a handle portion having a shape that corresponds to the predetermined shape of the sensor interface, a support portion configured to be received by the directionally-keyed mating surface when the sensor is inserted into the sensor interface, and electronics configured to collect data sensed by the sensor. The apparatuses of the present disclosure can be attached to a patient's neck to detect and/or diagnose swallowing disorders during a swallowing test. | 04-23-2015 |
20160081923 | METHOD FOR TREATING A SWALLOWING DISORDER - This invention relates to a method for treating a swallowing disorder in a patient suffering from aspiration before, during and/or after the swallowing reflex, and to a bolus for use in the treatment of a swallowing disorder in such a patient. | 03-24-2016 |