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Medication suitable for manipulation – Tuesday Tube Facts
Did you know...? Before a medication in a solid dosage form is administered through a feeding tube, it should be determined if the medication is suitable for manipulation, such as crushing a tablet or opening a capsule.[1]References: Williams NT. Medication...
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Actuated Medical, Inc. Receives Innovative Technology Contract from Vizient, Inc. for the TubeClear System
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: November 14, 2018 BELLEFONTE, PA – Actuated Medical, Inc. announced its TubeClear System has received an Innovative Technology contract from Vizient, Inc., the largest member-driven health care performance improvement company in the country. The...
Patient Access to the TubeClear System Expanding Through Regional Distributors
BELLEFONTE, PA – Actuated Medical, Inc. (AMI) recently signed two regional U.S. distributors for the TubeClear system. Alamo Scientific, Inc. distributes the TubeClear system throughout Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, Nebraska, Missouri, and Iowa. Clinical Technology, Inc....
GROWING TECHNOLOGY ADVANCEMENTS FUEL NEED FOR INCREASED CUSTOMER SUPPORT
Building on its strong foundation, Actuated Medical hires Sales Representatives for sales expansion of the TubeClear System BELLEFONTE, PA – January 17, 2016 – Maureen L. Mulvihill, President and CEO of Actuated Medical, Inc.(AMI) announces the addition of 6 senior...
AMI’s TUBECLEAR® SYSTEM RECEIVES ADDITIONAL FDA CLEARANCES
TubeClear System cleared for Smaller Feeding and Decompression Tubes BELLEFONTE, PA – December 7, 2016 – Actuated Medical Inc. (AMI) received U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Clearance on 3 additional TubeClear System Clearing Stem Models. This FDA clearance...
Partnership with PSU Nursing School
Actuated Medical's partnership with Penn State's College of nursing helped speed TubeClear to market and ensure clinician adoption. Janice Penrod, director of the Center for Nursing Research at Penn State’s College of Nursing commented, “It’s a perfect case of...
Bench Top Studies
Proactive Use of the TubeClear System Assists Optimum Therapy Delivery
Enteral access devices (EADs; feeding tubes) provide vital nutrition, medication, and hydration to more than seven million patients annually [1]. Interruptions to the delivery of enteral therapy has been found to increase the patient’s caloric deficit...
TubeClear System Clears Clogged Tubes: Various Compounds
Small bore feeding tubes are used to provide essential nutrition and medication to patients at risk of malnutrition and dehydration due to an inability to ingest orally (1). Clogging is one of the most frequent mechanical complications of feeding tubes (2,3). Tubes...
TubeClear System Clears Clogged Tubes: NE, G, J Tubes
Individuals unable to ingest nutrition and/or medication orally for various causes, often become dependent on enteral nutrition as a life-saving mechanism (1). However, due to daily administration of feeding formula and/or medication, as well as other unknown causes,...
TubeClear System Clears Clogged Tubes at Bedside: Clinical Case Study
Feeding tubes are used to deliver enteral nutrition to patients that are unable to ingest nutrients and medications orally and therefore are at risk of malnutrition and dehydration (1). Unfortunately, the long and narrow inner lumens of small bore feeding tubes used...
TubeClear System Clears Clogged NE Tubes: Benchtop Study
Small bore feeding tubes are used to provide essential nutrition and medication to patients at risk of malnutrition and dehydration due to an inability to ingest orally (1). Clogging is one of the most frequent mechanical complications of feeding tubes (2,3). Tubes...