Gastrostomy Articles & Analysis
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The new $1.2M grant will support a 40-patient clinical trial at the University of Maryland Medical Center (UMMC) evaluating safety and cost-effectiveness characteristics of a novel medical procedure known as percutaneous ultrasound gastrostomy (PUG), which is enabled by CoapTech’s PUMA-G device. ...
ByCoapTech
Gastrostomy tubes often called a G-tube or button feeding tube, is a tube inserted through the belly that brings nutrition directly to the stomach for those who cannot eat enough for adequate nutrition. ...
CoapTech, Inc, a medical device company focused on delivering transformative solutions for minimally-invasive surgery, announced today it has received CE Mark certification, as well as an approved CPT Procedure Code for its PUMA-G System, the world's first and only ultrasound gastrostomy system that allows physicians to place gastrostomy tubes at the point of ...
ByCoapTech
HST5040 is designed for convenient daily administration at home as a liquid formulation taken either orally or through a gastrostomy tube. Mechanism of Action Coenzyme A plays a key role in metabolism and energy production. ...
CoapTech and team will study the safety and effectiveness of the percutaneous ultrasound gastrostomy (PUG) procedure in a pediatric population. The PUG procedure is the world’s first and only ultrasound-based procedure for placing semi-permanent feeding tubes into the stomach. ...
ByCoapTech
The novel human coronavirus, severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), continues to infect naïve populations causing surges of critically ill patients who can survive their acute critical illness. Tracheostomy and gastrostomy are commonly paired procedures that bridge patients from their acute to subacute critical illness. ...
ByCoapTech
The financing will be used to fund CoapTech’s commercialization of its FDA-cleared PUMA-G System. By simplifying gastrostomy procedures to the point where they can be conducted at the patient’s bedside with ultrasound, hospitals using PUMA-G benefit by freeing up surgical suites and personnel resources for COVID and other clinical priorities, minimizing ...
ByCoapTech
Start-up Company Developing Safer, Less Expensive Gastrostomy Method CoapTech Receives Maryland Innovative Initiative Award to Further Advance the Technology University of Maryland (UM) Ventures and CoapTech, LLC, announced today that the University of Maryland, Baltimore (UMB) has granted CoapTech exclusive licensing rights for the commercial development of a platform ...
ByCoapTech