Date of Award
Spring 5-6-2015
Degree Type
Thesis
Department
Biomedical Engineering
Director of Thesis
Abdel Bayoumi
First Reader
Abdel Bayoumi
Second Reader
Caroline Horton
Abstract
Many hospitalized patients require the removal of secretions that accumulate in the stomach and must be removed by a nasogastric tube, which unfortunately clogs often. This project outlines the redesign of the nasogastric tube that will ideally prevent nasogastric tube clogging by incorporating a brush mechanism and a contracting tip mechanism, to act as preventative measures against clogging.
First Page
1
Last Page
37
Recommended Citation
Abla, Nichole; Rucker, Lindsay; and Schroder, Paige, "New Design of Nasogastric Decompression Tube That Incorporates a Self-Cleaning Brushing Mechanism" (2015). Senior Theses. 51.
https://scholarcommons.sc.edu/senior_theses/51
Rights
© 2015, Nichole Abla, Lindsay Rucker, and Paige Schroder