Patent ID: 7931912

Claim:
An enteral nutrition product for enteral administration, not orally, but directly to a stomach or intestines of a dysphagic patient from an external container connected to an external portion of a feeding tube provided through a through-hole of a stoma formed through a portion of the abdominal and stomach walls of the patient upon the application of pressure to said external container, said enteral nutrition product comprising: a semi-solid material having a substantially self-supporting consistency that deforms to flow under an externally applied load without liquefying and that is capable of containing a higher concentration of a nutrient component than a liquid, wherein said semi-solid material comprises a mixture of a liquid nutrient solution and a semi-solidifying agent comprising agar that is added to said liquid nutrient solution; and wherein said mixture comprises said semi-solidifying agent and said liquid nutrient solution in a predetermined ratio sufficient to ensure that said self-supporting consistency of said semi-solid enteral nutrition product remains substantially unchanged before, during, and after enteral administration of said semi-solid enteral nutrition product into the patient, and said self-supporting consistency of said semi-solid enteral nutrition product is further maintained within the stomach or the intestines of the patient such that said semi-solid enteral nutrition product does not liquefy due to the body temperature of the patient, to thereby prevent the patient from experiencing gastro-esophageal reflux.