Patent ID: 7967780

Claim:
An anti-gastro-esophageal reflux device for use during enteral feeding, the device comprising: a pressure-regulating unit; a tube having a double lumen, a gastric balloon, and an esophageal bladder, said gastric balloon being connected by a first conduit to said pressure-regulating unit and configured to be disposed in the patient's stomach to sense the gastric pressure therein, said esophageal bladder being connected by a second conduit to said pressure-regulating unit, said esophageal bladder having a compressible volume and an outer surface with a plurality of pleats that are configured to intermesh with a patient's esophagus wall structures, and said pressure-regulating unit being configured to maintain a pressure within said esophageal bladder at a level greater than the gastric pressure exerted on said gastric balloon when the anti-gastro-esophageal reflux device is in use.