Feeding set and enteral feeding pump
First Claim
1. A feeding set for use with a feeding pump to deliver nutritional liquid to a patient, the feeding set comprising:
- a container to store the nutritional liquid;
tubing in fluid communication with the container and being adapted for mounting on the feeding pump, the tubing providing a fluid pathway for delivering the nutritional liquid from the container to the patient; and
an identification member representative of the nutritional liquid in the container, the identification member configured to permit identification by the feeding pump of at least one characteristic of the nutritional liquid upon mounting of the identification member on the feeding pump, the at least one characteristic of the nutritional liquid comprising at least one of a nutritional content, a fluid flow property, and a brand or brand name of the nutritional liquid.
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Abstract
A feeding set for use with a peristaltic enteral feeding pump to deliver nutritional liquid fluid to a patient includes a container having nutritional liquid. A conduit assembly includes tubing placeable in fluid communication with the container and adapted for mounting on the enteral feeding pump. The tubing provides a fluid pathway for delivering the nutritional liquid from the container to a patient when the tubing is mounted on the enteral feeding pump. An identification member is mounted on the conduit assembly and has at least one characteristic of a nutritional liquid associated with the feeding set represented by the identification member. The identification member is positioned on the conduit assembly so as to permit automatic identification by the enteral feeding pump of the at least one characteristic of the nutritional liquid upon mounting the conduit assembly on the enteral feeding pump.
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Citations
19 Claims
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1. A feeding set for use with a feeding pump to deliver nutritional liquid to a patient, the feeding set comprising:
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a container to store the nutritional liquid; tubing in fluid communication with the container and being adapted for mounting on the feeding pump, the tubing providing a fluid pathway for delivering the nutritional liquid from the container to the patient; and an identification member representative of the nutritional liquid in the container, the identification member configured to permit identification by the feeding pump of at least one characteristic of the nutritional liquid upon mounting of the identification member on the feeding pump, the at least one characteristic of the nutritional liquid comprising at least one of a nutritional content, a fluid flow property, and a brand or brand name of the nutritional liquid. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A method of detecting a characteristic of a nutritional liquid associated with a feeding set connected to a feeding pump, the method comprising:
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mounting a feeding set on a housing of the pump, the pump configured to act on the feeding set to produce flow of a nutritional liquid from a container through the feeding set during operation of the pump; detecting engagement of the feeding set with the housing of the pump, the feeding set including at least one identification component representative of the nutritional liquid in the container; reading the at least one identification component to identify at least one characteristic of the nutritional liquid associated with the feeding set, the at least one characteristic of the nutritional liquid comprising at least one of a nutritional content, a fluid flow property, and a brand or brand name of the nutritional liquid; and identifying, with a processor connected to a reader of the pump, the at least one characteristic of the nutritional liquid upon detecting the engagement of the feeding set with the housing of the pump. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A feeding set for use with a feeding pump to deliver nutritional liquid to a patient, the feeding set comprising:
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a container configured to store the nutritional liquid; tubing in fluid communication with the container and being adapted for mounting on the feeding pump, the tubing providing a fluid pathway for delivering the nutritional liquid from the container to the patient; a cassette connected to the tubing; and an identification member mounted on the cassette, the identification member representative of at least one of a nutritional content, a fluid flow property, and a brand or brand name of the nutritional liquid in the container. - View Dependent Claims (19)
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