Patent ID: 8864688

Claim:
A probe for enteral nutrition, comprising: at least one tubular element of elongated shape and substantially flexible, with a first extremity having at least one supply mouth for an introduction of nutritional substances and a second extremity positionable inside the stomach of a patient and having at least a dispensing hole configured to dispense the nutritional substances, the tubular element having at least one main communication channel between the supply mouth and the dispensing hole; at least a first reading element and a second reading element respectively configured to read pressure inside the digestive system of the patient at two distinct sections of the tubular element; at least one first auxiliary channel of communication between the first reading element and a monitoring unit configured to monitor the read pressure; at least one second auxiliary channel of communication between the second reading element and the monitoring unit; and at least one first connection element between the tubular element and outer portions of the first and second auxiliary channels disposed outside of the tubular element, the first connection element having a tubular shape and being fit watertightly on the tubular element at a section in which the tubular element has a first communication hole communicating with an inner portion of the first auxiliary channel, the inner portion of the first auxiliary channel being disposed inside the tubular element, and in which the tubular element has a second communication hole communicating with an inner portion of the second auxiliary channel, the inner portion of the second auxiliary channel being disposed inside the tubular element, the first connection element comprising a first annular chamber positionable at the first communication hole, and a second annular chamber positionable at the second communication hole, the first annular chamber being provided with a first opening associable with at least one extremity of the outer portion of the first auxiliary channel, and the second annular chamber being provided with a second opening associable with at least one extremity of the outer portion of the second auxiliary channel.