I-feeding tube iyisisetshenziswa sezokwelapha esisetshenziselwa ukunikeza umsoco ezigulini ezingakwazi ukuthola umsoco ngomlomo, ezingakwazi ukugwinya ngokuphepha, noma ezidinga ukondliwa okunempilo. Isimo sokuphakelwa ngeshubhu lokuphakela sibizwa ngokuthi i-gavage, i-enteral feeding noma i-tube feeding.