Patent ID: 9114065
Filing Date: 2015-08-25
Classification: A61B,A61J,A61K,A61M,C12N

Abstract:
1. A method of monitoring artificial feeding of a patient, comprising: delivering a volume of nutrient to the patient with a feeding device starting at an initial feeding rate; monitoring a concentration of microflora intestinal gas associated with the patient with a microflora intestinal gas sensor before delivering a volume of nutrient to the patient with the feeding device to determine a baseline value of microflora intestinal gas, wherein the microflora intestinal gas is hydrogen; determining relative change in the concentration of microflora intestinal gas associated with the patient from the baseline value after delivering the volume of nutrient to the patient; and adjusting the volume of nutrient delivered to the patient based at least in part on the concentration of microflora intestinal gas associated with the patient, wherein adjusting the volume of nutrient delivered to the patient comprises increasing the initial feeding rate if a detected concentration of microflora intestinal gas is less than a first threshold value of about 5 ppm to about 25 ppm; maintaining the initial feeding rate substantially constant if the detected concentration of microflora intestinal gas is greater than the first threshold value and less than a second threshold value of about 65 ppm to about 85 ppm; and stopping the initial feeding rate if the detected amount of microflora intestinal gas is greater than the second threshold value.