GET ON TRAK! ELIMINATE X-RAYS ASSOCIATED WITH FEEDING TUBE PLACEMENT CONFIRMATION
The CORTRAK system is the ONLY system on the market today with FDA 510(k) clearance that uses computer technology to guide clinicians in placement confirmation of Nasoenteric feeding tubes into the alimentary tract by showing the relative location of the feeding tube tip.
The tip of the feeding tube stylet is an electromagnetic transmitter. A receiver unit is placed at the patient's Xiphoid process and acquires the signal from the stylet as it moves through the patient during the placement procedure. The track of the tube is shown on the computer monitor with both a 2-D (anterior) and a 3-D (depth cross section) view!
This additional depth view is what makes CORTRAK even more accurate than X-ray! According to a multi-center study, 99.5% of placements correlated with abdominal X-ray by capturing the posterior movement of the feeding tube after contrast! CORTRAK is the ONLY device that offers the following benefits:
Improved Clinical Outcomes
- Eliminate placement complications/Avoid lung intubations
- Reduce X-ray exposure
- More efficient/faster placement
- Reduced T3 (Time to Therapy)
- Ability to check for migration by reinserting the stylet while the tube is indwelling*
Cost Reduction
- Virtually eliminate X-ray cost associated with feeding tube placement confirmation
- Achieve early enteral access sooner, thereby reducing LOS and infection rates
In addition, several independent studies have indicated significant cost savings using CORTRAK. A study at William Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak, MI, reported saving $137,655 during 11 months of use. In a typical hospital that places 1,500 feeding tubes per year, expected savings can be as much as $25,000 or far more if CORTRAK is used to confirm tube tip location instead of X-ray!
While sound clinical judgment is always required, the CORTRAK device provides a revolutionary way to place enteral feeding tubes safely and quickly while lowering overall costs to the healthcare system.
*CORTRAK has the ONLY feeding tube with FDA 510(k) clearance for stylet reinsertion while the tube is indwelling!