VOLUMETRIC INFANT FEEDING UNIT

• US 3,645,262 A
• Filed: 11/05/1969
• Issued: 02/29/1972
• Est. Priority Date: 11/05/1969
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Robert Emmet Harrigan
• Original Assignee: Robert Emmet Harrigan
• Inventors: Harrigan, Robert Emmet
• Primary Examiner(s): Truluck, Dalton L.
• Application Number:
  US04/874,161
• Time in Patent Office: 846 Days
• Field of Search: 128/213,222,223,252,348,224 215/11-11.4,73 222/460,464,566-570
• US Class Current: 604/77
• CPC Class Codes: A61J 15/00 Feeding-tubes for therapeutic purposes
• CPC Class Codes: A61J 2200/76 for fluid level
• CPC Class Codes: A61J 9/00 Feeding-bottles in general

Abstract

An infant feeding unit for the feeding of precise quantities of formula to an infant and which comprises a container calibrated for accurate measurement of liquid contents within the container and including a nipple and a retaining cap for retaining the nipple on the container. Included in the unit is a transfer cap engageable with both the calibrated container and a conventional infant feeding container, and including a projecting hub. The transfer cap is used to facilitate transfer of formula from the conventional container to the calibrated container, the hub being adapted for engagement with an infant feeding catheter whereby, when attached to the calibrated container, the unit can be used for feeding of an infant by the gavage method when the infant cannot be fed orally.

Claims

1. A volumetric infant feeding unit comprising in combination a container calibrated for accurate measurement of liquid contents within the container, said container including an opening at its top and having exterior threads adjacent said opening, and a transfer cap, said transfer cap having an internally threaded depending skirt engaging the exterior threads of the calibrated container and adapted to engage the threads on a conventional infant feeding container, and an inwardly extending top portion defining an opening therein and including a hollow hub extending from said opening, said inwardly extending top portion being formed at least partially in an inclined configuration whereby the hollow hub projects at an inclined angle to facilitate pouring, measuring and feeding of infant feeding formula, said hub having engaged thereon an infant feeding catheter for feeding of an infant by the gavage method.