The AbbVie PEG is a percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG, or gastric) tube, either 15 FR or 20 FR and 35 cm in length. The kit includes the following (Fig. 1):- AbbVie PEG Tube (polyurethane)- Reel of Thread with double thread and Introducer Device- Puncture Cannula with safety (air) valve- Disposable Scalpel- Silicone external Fixation Plate (radio-opaque) with integrated Tube Clip (blue of AbbVie PEG 15 FR, violet for AbbVie PEG 20 FR)- Tube Clamp
A thin, flexible, percutaneous, hollow tube which may include additional external components (e.g., external tubing, syringe) intended to be percutaneously inserted into the stomach to feed a patient with a physical disability that prevents oral feeding (e.g., a birth defect of the stomach), and/or provide drainage/decompression of the stomach when it is necessary to bypass an obstruction of the stomach outlet into the small intestine. Although noninvasive disposable enteral feeding components may be included, surgical instruments and pharmaceutical agents are not included. This is a single-use device.