ENTERAL FEEDING SAFETY RESERVOIR AND SYSTEM

• US 20100204669A1
• Filed: 01/20/2010
• Published: 08/12/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 02/08/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Codan US Corporation (Codan Holding GmbH)
• Original Assignee: Codan US Corporation (Codan Holding GmbH)
• Inventors: KNIGHT, THOMAS F.
• Granted Patent: US 8,366,697 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 604/403
• CPC Class Codes: A61J 1/1418 Threaded type
• CPC Class Codes: A61J 15/00 Feeding-tubes for therapeutic purposes
• CPC Class Codes: A61J 2205/00 General identification or selection means
• CPC Class Codes: A61J 9/001 with inner liners
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2202/0482 Enteral feeding product
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 39/10 Tube connectors; Tube couplings A61M39/02 takes precedence; connecting needles to syringes or hubs A61M5/34; connecting catheter tubes to hubs A61M25/0014
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 5/162 Needle sets, i.e. connections by puncture between reservoir and tube ; Connections between reservoir and tube in jet-action syringes A61M5/30; connectors for tubes having sealed ends and a needle for piercing them A61M39/14

Abstract

The present invention provides a one-piece bottle 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

1. A system comprising:

a one-piece bottle 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.

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 pockets, and wherein the threaded cap includes mirrored detents that provide a seal when aligned with the pockets and create vents when detached from the pockets.

21. 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.