Jackson Memorial Hospital is First in Florida to Launch New Innovative Procedure to Support Feeding in ICU Patients
MIAMI, Oct. 25, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Jackson Memorial Hospital is the first healthcare facility in Florida to launch a new innovative procedure to support feeding patients in its intensive care units (ICU). In August, Jackson started performing percutaneous ultrasound gastrostomies (PUG), a new technique launched by medical device company CoapTech that allows ultrasound-trained providers to place gastrostomy tubes (G-tubes) in a patient using only ultrasound guidance with CoapTech's PUMA-G device. Since its launch, Jackson Memorial has been able to successfully implement this minimally invasive approach in at least 10 patients in its ICU and intermediate ICU.