In 1778, John Hunter, an English surgeon, developed a device known as the feeding tube. Hunter invented this because it would allow nourishment to get to people in a different way if they couldn’t get it by mouth or if someone refused to be fed by mouth. The first feeding tube was made from whale bone with protection around it from eel skin. It was connected to an animal bladder that served as a pump in the feeding tube so that the nutrition would get to the stomach where it needs to go. In addition, he has been said to have used things like jellies, eggs, sugar, milk, and wine to feed patient’s nutrition.
In the today's time, the feeding tube is still being used today as a way for people, from infants to adults, to get nourishment that are unable receive by mouth. People that can’t swallow, can’t eat alone, have deformities of the esophagus, or other complications use feeding tubes so they can get nutrition. In addition to feeding, it can also be used to administer medications in a liquid form to the patient. The tube can be used in two different ways. One way is through your abdominal wall, which is called percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy, also known as a PEG. The connects to your stomach by a MIC-KEY(also known as a bard button). This is how the food enters the stomach of the patient. Also, there is another type of tube that is placed through the nose called a nasogastric (NG). The tube moves it’s way down to the throat and empties into the stomach. This type of feeding tube does not require any incision unlike the PEG.
As of now, when patients move, it affects the efficiency of the feeding tube. The future feeding tube is going to be more comfortable so that the patient will be more satisfied with having a feeding tube. People that have a PEG( percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy), will still need to have a MIC-KEY placed on the outer part of their stomach in the incision but an NG tube through your nose will not require you to have one. A future feeding tube will be a vest that can fit under the shirt with a Kangaroo Joey, which is a feeding and flushing pump attached to the tube. This will be placed on the upper part of the body on the left side. This device allows you to control how much a person is fed per hour. On the right side of the chest will be the feeding bag, which the food will be in. All they would need to do for the patient is to put the nourishment in the bag and set the Joey to the right pump level according to the patient's needs.
In the today's time, the feeding tube is still being used today as a way for people, from infants to adults, to get nourishment that are unable receive by mouth. People that can’t swallow, can’t eat alone, have deformities of the esophagus, or other complications use feeding tubes so they can get nutrition. In addition to feeding, it can also be used to administer medications in a liquid form to the patient. The tube can be used in two different ways. One way is through your abdominal wall, which is called percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy, also known as a PEG. The connects to your stomach by a MIC-KEY(also known as a bard button). This is how the food enters the stomach of the patient. Also, there is another type of tube that is placed through the nose called a nasogastric (NG). The tube moves it’s way down to the throat and empties into the stomach. This type of feeding tube does not require any incision unlike the PEG.
As of now, when patients move, it affects the efficiency of the feeding tube. The future feeding tube is going to be more comfortable so that the patient will be more satisfied with having a feeding tube. People that have a PEG( percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy), will still need to have a MIC-KEY placed on the outer part of their stomach in the incision but an NG tube through your nose will not require you to have one. A future feeding tube will be a vest that can fit under the shirt with a Kangaroo Joey, which is a feeding and flushing pump attached to the tube. This will be placed on the upper part of the body on the left side. This device allows you to control how much a person is fed per hour. On the right side of the chest will be the feeding bag, which the food will be in. All they would need to do for the patient is to put the nourishment in the bag and set the Joey to the right pump level according to the patient's needs.