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Granted Patent B2
US 8,864,736 · App. 13/587,702 · Granted Oct 21, 2014

Enteral feeding safety reservoir and system

Inventor: Thomas F. Knight (Trabuco Canyon, CA)
Assignee: Codan US Corporation
A61J9/001A61J9/04A61M2202/0482A61M5/162A61J2205/30A61M39/10A61J2205/60A61J15/00
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Patent No.
US 8,864,736
App. No.
13/587,702
Granted
Oct 21, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

A one-piece bottle is provided, the bottle having a capacity that does not exceed 10 ml, containing enteral feeding material, and having a top end with a threaded section and a bottom end comprising a funneled connector port; and a threaded cap dimensioned to mate with the threaded section of the one-piece bottle; wherein the funneled connector port connects to an enteral feeding assembly; wherein the threaded cap provides a leak proof seal such that there is no exposure point until it is used for feeding, thereby preventing contamination.

Claims (26)

1. A system comprising:

a one-piece bottle having a capacity that does not exceed 10 ml, the bottle containing enteral feeding material and having a top end with a helically threaded section and a bottom end comprising a funneled connector port; and

a helically threaded cap dimensioned to mate with the helically threaded section of the one-piece bottle;

wherein the bottle comprises a reservoir body that holds a reservoir liner, wherein the reservoir liner is pre-filled with the enteral feeding material;

wherein the funneled connector port connects to an enteral feeding assembly, the enteral feeding assembly comprising at least one of a jejunal and gastric enteral feeding assembly;

wherein the helically threaded cap provides a leak proof seal such that there is no exposure point until it is used for feeding, thereby preventing contamination;

wherein the helically threaded section of the bottle includes pockets, such that aligning mirrored detents included in the helically threaded cap with the pockets provides a seal and detaching the mirrored detents from the pockets create vents thereby causing venting within the bottle to allow for the flow of the enteral feeding material.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein a bottom narrow end of the funneled connector port terminates in a female luer lock.

3. The system of claim 2 , wherein the female luer lock is molded to the funneled connector port.

4. The system of claim 1 , wherein a bottom narrow end of the funneled connector port terminates in a male luer lock.

5. The system of claim 3 , wherein the female luer lock is a screw type lock.

6. The system of claim 3 , wherein the female luer lock is a snap lock.

7. The system of claim 1 , wherein a bottom narrow end of the funneled connector port is mechanically connected or bonded to a fluid transfer set.

8. The system of claim 7 , wherein the fluid transfer set comprises tubing that is attached to the funneled connector port at one end and includes a connector disposed at another end.

9. The system of claim 8 , wherein the connector comprises a male or female luer lock.

10. The system of claim 8 , wherein the connector comprises an oral tube port.

11. The system of claim 10 , wherein the oral tube port comprises a funneled connection port providing a connection to a syringe adapter enteral feeding assembly and enteral feeding device.

12. The system of claim 10 , wherein the oral tube port comprises an oral syringe connecting port, which provides attachment to an oral syringe connector of a syringe adapter feeding assembly.

13. The system of claim 12 , wherein the oral syringe connector comprises a clear step connector, a colored step connector, or a molded single oral connector.

14. The system of claim 1 , wherein the threaded cap includes a rotating section that rotates with respect to the cap such that apertures in the rotating section may be aligned with similarly dimensioned apertures in the cap.

15. The system of claim 14 , wherein the rotating section includes a raised tab for turning the rotating section between a configuration where the apertures are aligned and a sealed configuration where the apertures are not aligned.

16. The system of claim 1 , wherein the threaded cap includes squeeze points, wherein pressure is provides by a user at the squeeze points while rotating the cap in order to open for venting.

17. The system of claim 16 , wherein the threaded cap locks in place when fully screwed on and vents when squeezed and cracked open.

18. The system of claim 1 , wherein a sealed membrane is provided on a top of the bottle, and wherein the threaded cap includes a piercing element that pierces the sealed membrane when the cap is screwed onto the bottle.

19. The system of claim 18 , wherein the threaded cap includes a molded-in breakaway area for venting.

20. The system of claim 1 , wherein the threaded section of the bottle includes interrupted threads, and wherein the threaded cap includes corresponding interrupted threads that align with the interrupted threads of the bottle for venting, but otherwise form a seal.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 5, 2012
From: KNIGHT, THOMAS K.
To: CODAN US CORPORATION
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Continuity (4)
Continuation In Part 12690845 · Jan 20, 2010
Continuation In Part 12546577 · Aug 24, 2009
Continuation In Part 12028736 · Feb 8, 2008
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