IP Library Granted Patent US 11,007,123
Granted Patent B2
US 11,007,123 · App. 16/279,461 · Granted May 18, 2021

Enteral safety system and methods

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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 11,007,123
App. No.
16/279,461
Filed
Feb 19, 2019
Granted
May 18, 2021
Kind
B2
Art Unit
3783
USPC
604/275
Abstract

Enteral safety system (ESS) may include syringe having visual indicator such as barrel with measurement marks of a color. Barrel may allow content viewing. ESS may include hub for connecting syringe to enteral set. Hub may have a visual indicator such as being same color as barrel's marks. Enteral tubing or set may have a visual indicator such as a lengthwise stripe same color as barrel's marks. Enteral tubing may allow content viewing. ESS may include an enteral tubing-feeding tube hub for connecting enteral tubing to a feeding tube. This hub may have visual indicator such as same color as barrel's marks. Feeding tube may have visual indicator such as a lengthwise stripe same color as barrel's marks. Feeding tube may allow content viewing. The syringe, syringe-enteral tubing hub, enteral tubing, enteral tubing-feeding tube hub, and feeding tubing are properly connectable by reference to visual indicators such as color matching.

Claims (7)

1. An enteral safety system, comprising:

a syringe having a matching feature;

a syringe-enteral tubing hub for connecting the syringe to enteral tubing, the syringe-enteral tubing hub having the matching feature;

the enteral tubing having the matching feature;

the enteral tubing-feeding tube hub for connecting the enteral tubing to a feeding tube, the enteral tubing-feeding tube hub having the matching feature; and

the feeding tube having the matching feature.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the matching feature comprises a color.