Jess Geosits

Our son Matthew was born on 25th September 2012 with a very rare condition called Pierre Robin Sequence (PRS - cleft palate, recessed jaw and tongue causing breathing and feeding issues), Congenital Bilateral Talipes Equinovarus (Clubfoot) and Adducted thumbs (thumbs in fist). We were not aware of any of these problems prior to his birth which was quite a shock. Matty spent the first 7 weeks of his life in NICU (Neonatal Intensive Care Unit) at John Hunter Hospital Newcastle. 

Matty has been tube fed since birth because of his PRS and his cleft palate. He was orally and nasal gastric tube fed from birth until 10 months old and now has a gastrostomy tube in his belly which we hope to remove before his 2nd Birthday as he is now eating well and gaining weight. He had his palate repaired before his 1st Birthday last year and is now finished up physiotherapy and occupational therapy for his feet and hands so the future is looking bright for our little ledged!

As parents of a tube fed child we believed there was a need for a better solution for attaching the nasal gastric tube to the face.

We have developed a new product which will help all tube fed patients around the world and also assist nursing staff, doctors and especially parents and carers. 

 The features of our product are:  1. all in one design, 2. waterproof,  3. easier to use, 4. creates less stress for the patient, parents and health professional, 5. more comfortable, 6. harder for the tube to be pulled out by the infant, 7. atheistically better presented, 8. will reduce oral aversion in children ie: with feeding issues etc.






Our product will be predominately used in hospitals for newborns in NICU. There are lots of conditions that require tube feeding and the majority are children such as: premature babies, cleft palate children, cancer patients, heart conditions, feeding issues, anorexia, elderly people, diabetics, cystic fibrosis, stroke patients, dementia and the list goes on. There are millions of people who are currently oral gastric, or nasal gastric tube fed around the world and our passion is to help them be more comfortable.

We have invested a lot of our own money so far for our patent attorney, Australian provisional patent, commercialisation report, international search fees, industrial designer drawings etc.

We want to see our product developed and implemented to be used worldwide to help tube fed people.

If a product like what we have designed had of been available to us it would have made our son's life and ours so much easier.

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We want to offer you the opportunity to partner with us for this exciting new product to change the life of tube fed people.

We need your help to assist us with the next stage to pay for our PCT application (Patent Cooperation Treaty) which will protect our design in 148 countries.

The cost of our patent attorney fees, updated industrial drawings, government fees, and PCT amounts to $10,000.

After we have proceeded with our PCT the next steps will be to secure a manufacturer and there also may be more associated costs involved. The more money we raise will help us proceed quicker.

The next challenge we see is securing a meeting with a manufacturing company as these can be quite hard to secure. We have spoke about our product confidentiality to medical practitioners at John Hunter Hospital who are interested in our product.