Envizion Medical develops the ENvue® System, an electromagnetic device that utilizes body mapping and real-time visual navigation to accurately place enteral feeding tubes while minimizing the risk of lung misplacement. This technology addresses the challenges of traditional feeding tube placement methods, enhancing safety and efficiency in critical care settings.
Funding
Funding not disclosed
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Problem
Traditional methods of placing enteral feeding tubes can be inaccurate, increasing the risk of lung misplacement and potentially delaying the delivery of critical nutrition to patients. These challenges can lead to complications and inefficiencies in critical care settings.
Solution
The ENvue® System is an electromagnetic navigation system designed to improve the accuracy and safety of enteral feeding tube placement. The system utilizes body mapping and real-time visual navigation to guide clinicians, reducing the risk of lung misplacement. By creating an accurate body map of each patient’s airways and upper GI tract using multiple sensors registered to predetermined anatomical landmarks, the ENvue® System provides continuous visual steering directions in three different views, assisting the clinician in guiding the tube past the lungs and into the stomach or small bowel. This technology aims to enhance the efficiency and safety of feeding tube placement, ensuring timely nutritional support for critically ill patients.
Target Audience
The primary users are critical care nurses, physicians, and other healthcare professionals in hospitals and acute care facilities responsible for enteral feeding tube placement.
Features
- Electromagnetic body mapping to create a patient-specific anatomical model.
- Real-time visual navigation with continuous steering directions.
- Three-dimensional visualization of tube placement.
- Lung safety alerts to reduce the risk of airway misplacements.
- Streamlined workflow designed for ease of use in critical care environments.