September 24, 2021 – Hatch Medical, LLC (Santa Rosa Beach, FL) announced it has entered into an exclusive brokerage relationship with Syncro Medical Innovations, Inc. and physician inventor, Sabry Gabriel, MD, to represent their innovative feeding tube technology.
The Gabriel Feeding Tube with Balloon (GFTB) was developed by Dr. Sabry Gabriel, with $3 million of combined funding support from the United States Department of Defense and the National Institutes of Health.
The company says that the Gabriel Feeding Tube with Balloon offers greater opportunities for post-pyloric migration, using the body’s natural peristalsis than products without a distally mounted balloon.
Additionally, the Gabriel Feeding Tube will not occlude by kinking due to its spiral wire reinforced wall. This feature allows for placement of ample slack in the stomach and feeding without occlusion by kinking. Tube distal migration occurs by the natural effect of peristalsis on the bolus-sized balloon.
Syncro Medical’s fifth generation, FDA-cleared device provides post-pyloric feeding which can provide significant advantages, including reduced gastro-esophageal reflux and aspiration pneumonia.
A “convenience kit”, provided with each device includes a CO2 sampling line, numbing gel and applicator, lubricant gel, a silk suture thread, syringe, skin adhesive and securing tape to save time during bedside placement.
The product line is available to interested distributors, or via a technology license or purchase through an exclusive agreement with Hatch Medical.