Patent ID: 8632492

Claim:
An enteral feeding tube, comprising: a conduit comprising a valve, wherein a flow of fluid through the valve is generally horizontal when the valve is positioned in a stoma of a user lying in a prostrate position, wherein the conduit has an inlet and an outlet, and wherein a flow of fluid through the inlet is generally horizontal and a flow of the fluid from the outlet is generally vertical when the user is lying in the prostrate position; a housing, wherein the housing surrounds the valve and a horizontal portion of the conduit, wherein the housing is constructed and arranged to be removable from surrounding the horizontal portion of the conduit and the valve by the housing comprising a top and a bottom, and wherein the top and the bottom are connected; an inflation conduit that extends through the housing, and wherein the inflation conduit comprises an inflation valve that is accessible from the top of the housing when the top of the housing is positioned relative to the bottom of the housing so that the housing surrounds the horizontal portion of the conduit and the valve.