Research

This project addresses the challenge faced by individuals, including young children and adults with neuromuscular disorders, who cannot swallow pills and therefore have limited access to necessary medications. The proposed solution is a novel gastrostomy tube device that allows intact pill delivery to the stomach, fitting into standard gastrostomy incisions and enabling the administration of pills through a thin-walled sheath. The project aims to finalize the design, conduct performance testing in the lab and animal models, and establish a regulatory pathway for the device through a pre-IDE meeting with the FDA, with the goal of delivering working prototypes, data, a finalized patent, and an IDE submission.

Collaborators: Adam Green, MD, and Brian Huynh