Sam Brusco, Associate Editor09.29.23
Cardinal Health has launched its Kangaroo OMNI enteral feeding pump in the U.S. The pump was engineered to give enteral feeding patients more options to meet personalized needs.
The company said Kangaroo OMNI is the first, only attitude-independent enteral feeding system in the U.S. specifically designed to deliver thick (IDDSI level 2, 3, or 4 with smooth consistency), homogenized, and blended formulas. The compact enteral feeder can feed, flush, and hydrate, as well as transmit a 30-day feeding history.
In August, Cardinal out its NTrainer 2.0 neonatal feeding device, which helps infants develop oral coordination skills needed to transition to independent feeding more quickly.
"Product innovation plays an essential role in our portfolio lifecycle process. Kangaroo OMNI was designed to help improve the lifestyle of enteral feeding patients and caregivers through ease of use, intelligence, versatility and portability," Kelley Moffett, Cardinal Health’s senior VP of global medical products for its Medical Segment, told the press. "Kangaroo OMNI provides patients and caregivers with the lightest, smallest and quietest Kangaroo feed and flush enteral feeding pump, while delivering a wider variety of commercially available enteral formulas to the patient."
Cardinal Health said Kangaroo OMNI is its most water-resistant pump in the Kangaroo portfolio and can stand up to cleaning under running water. It also touts interruption monitoring to display nutrition missed when the pump was switched off, and a night mode to darken it in low-light settings.
Kangaroo OMNI can also translate screen content in 19 languages, the company said.
Seanne Wedman, a clinical products consultant with Cardinal Health Canada and a former nurse said, "Kangaroo OMNI has innovative modifications for improved ease of use and portability when compared to other Kangaroo pumps."
Wedman is the mother of an enterally fed child who has been enterally fed since birth.
She continued, "The compact size and portability of Kangaroo OMNI allows my son to be fed and hydrated while doing the typical things that kids do—like going to school, playing or vacationing with family."
The company said Kangaroo OMNI is the first, only attitude-independent enteral feeding system in the U.S. specifically designed to deliver thick (IDDSI level 2, 3, or 4 with smooth consistency), homogenized, and blended formulas. The compact enteral feeder can feed, flush, and hydrate, as well as transmit a 30-day feeding history.
In August, Cardinal out its NTrainer 2.0 neonatal feeding device, which helps infants develop oral coordination skills needed to transition to independent feeding more quickly.
"Product innovation plays an essential role in our portfolio lifecycle process. Kangaroo OMNI was designed to help improve the lifestyle of enteral feeding patients and caregivers through ease of use, intelligence, versatility and portability," Kelley Moffett, Cardinal Health’s senior VP of global medical products for its Medical Segment, told the press. "Kangaroo OMNI provides patients and caregivers with the lightest, smallest and quietest Kangaroo feed and flush enteral feeding pump, while delivering a wider variety of commercially available enteral formulas to the patient."
Cardinal Health said Kangaroo OMNI is its most water-resistant pump in the Kangaroo portfolio and can stand up to cleaning under running water. It also touts interruption monitoring to display nutrition missed when the pump was switched off, and a night mode to darken it in low-light settings.
Kangaroo OMNI can also translate screen content in 19 languages, the company said.
Seanne Wedman, a clinical products consultant with Cardinal Health Canada and a former nurse said, "Kangaroo OMNI has innovative modifications for improved ease of use and portability when compared to other Kangaroo pumps."
Wedman is the mother of an enterally fed child who has been enterally fed since birth.
She continued, "The compact size and portability of Kangaroo OMNI allows my son to be fed and hydrated while doing the typical things that kids do—like going to school, playing or vacationing with family."