FEEDING TUBE

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An feeding tube and a kit for installation of a feeding tube includes a balloon an-chored gastric tube. A protective sleeve on a dilator protects the toroidal balloon from damage dur-ing surgical insertion of the feeding tube. In one example, a jejunal tube is integrated with the kit and the gastric tube serves as a gastric sleeve forming an annular region or channels for fluid flow to and/or from the stomach and to/from the jejunum. An integrated gastro jejunal feeding tube unit may include a jejunal tube outlet port at one end, a jejunal balloon port, a gastric sleeve outlet port, one or more gastric balloon ports, one or more gastric balloons, gastric drainage holes, a jejunal balloon positioned at end of the jejunal tube and sleeve. A black silk loop may affix an end of the jejunal tube at a position in the jejunum, and insertion of the jejunal tube may be monitored contin-uously using an endoscope. Drainage holes may be provided in the jejunal tube and/or the gastric sleeve. Depending on the clinical state, feeding may be initiated through the gastric sleeve outlet port or via the jejunal tube outlet port and may be altered without surgical intervention, as re-quired. Drainage holes in the gastric sleeve may be used to deflate the stomach, while nutrition is provided by a jejunal tube inserted in the jejunum, simultaneously.