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Enteral delivery set with shaded drip chamber

  • US 4,909,797 A
  • Filed: 01/16/1987
  • Issued: 03/20/1990
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/16/1987
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. An enteral delivery set for use with an enteral feeding pump having a recess to receive the drip chamber of an enteral feeding set, and radiant energy responsive means disposed at a predetermined level in said pump recess for sensing an operating condition in said drip chamber, comprising an elongated, downwardly tapering drip chamber having a closure at its upper end provided with an inlet connectable to a source of feed and having an outlet at its lower end, at least part of said drip chamber lying above said sensing means when the drip chamber is disposed in the pump recess being resistant to the transmission of radiant energy;

  • said closure for the drip chamber comprises a disk-like cap having a skirt extending into the upper end of the drip chamber at least to the level of said sensing means when the drip chamber is received in said pump recess, said cap and said skirt being resistant to the transmission of radiant energy therethrough;

    said skirt extends below the level of said sensing means when the drip chamber is received in said pump recess and windows are formed on opposite sides of said skirt in the vicinity of the level of said sensing means, said windows defining a radiant energy transmission path across said drip chamber.

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