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He has struggled with an enteral tube for years. Williams teamed up with Dr. Eric Blumrosen of Cleveland Clinic in an effort to improve outcomes for these patients. In current practice, a feeding tube is surgically placed directly into the digestive tract, but that interface is prone to significant leakage.

The highly acidic fluids can irritate and injure patients such as Williams, requiring emergency room visits and sometimes hospital stays. Leakage can make social lives very difficult, preventing patients from living a normal life. The device protects the stoma by forming a wide seal around an enclosed hole into which the tube is inserted. This eliminates issues with friction where the tube rubs against the skin.

Also, it provides a more focused opening that enhances the seal surrounding the tube, and allows limited motion of the tube. In the end, the device will be more comfortable, reduce irritation, and significantly improve long-term quality-of-life. This invention will let them push it to the back of their minds and go on with normal activities. It also helped fund prototype injection molded parts. Protolabs www. Selected winners are awarded in-kind manufacturing services from Protolabs to support product development, such as building prototypes or supporting initial production runs, with a target for the eventual commercialization of products.

Your email address will not be published. In the end, the device will be more comfortable, reduce irritation, and significantly improve long-term quality-of-life. This invention will let them push it to the back of their minds and go on with normal activities. Protolabs' in-kind manufacturing grant gave Cleveland Clinic Innovations access to manufacturing engineers who helped improve the device's design for commercial use. It also helped fund prototype injection molded parts.

This extension is open to members of the Cleveland Clinic Healthcare Innovations Alliance, a network of healthcare institutions and corporations focused on innovation. Selected winners are awarded in-kind manufacturing services from Protolabs to support product development, such as building prototypes or supporting initial production runs, with a target for eventual commercialization of products.

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