Placement of Nasoenteral Feeding Tubes Using Magnetic Guidance: Retesting a New Technique
Burcu Ozdemir, MD,
Michelle Frost, RN,
James Hayes, PhD and
Dennis H. Sullivan, MD, FACN
Geriatric Research Education and Clinical Center, Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System and Donald W. Reynolds Department of Geriatrics, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, Arkansas (B.O., M.F., D.H.S.)
Abbott Laboratories, Ross Products Division, Columbus, Ohio (J.H.)

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Fig. 1. The specially designed 115 cm long, small-bore weighted-tip polyurethane nasoenteral feeding tube positioned within the distal portion of the duodenum. The tube contains a small rare earth magnet in its distal tip instead of a tungsten weight.
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