# US 10,245,217 B2 · Enteral safety system and methods

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- Number: US 10,245,217 B2
- Document ID: US10245217B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 13/873,090
- Filed: 2013-04-29
- Published: 2013-09-19
- Granted: 2019-04-02
- Earliest claimed: 2007-11-06
- Applicants: Anthony C. Lair
- Inventors: Anthony C. Lair
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10245217B2

## CPC

- A61J 15/0003: {Nasal or oral feeding-tubes, e.g. tube entering body through nose or mouth}
- A61J 15/00: Feeding-tubes for therapeutic purposes
- A61J 2200/76: for fluid level
- A61J 2205/20: Colour codes
- A61M 39/10: Tube connectors or tube couplings
- A61M 2202/0482: Enteral feeding product
- A61M 2205/6081: Colour codes
- A61J: CONTAINERS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR MEDICAL OR PHARMACEUTICAL PURPOSES; DEVICES OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR BRINGING PHARMACEUTICAL PRODUCTS INTO PARTICULAR PHYSICAL OR ADMINISTERING FORMS; DEVICES FOR ADMINISTERING FOOD OR MEDICINES ORALLY; BABY COMFORTERS; DEVICES FOR RECEIVING SPITTLE
- A61M: DEVICES FOR INTRODUCING MEDIA INTO, OR ONTO, THE BODY (introducing media into or onto the bodies of animals A61D7/00; means for inserting tampons A61F13/26; devices for administering food or medicines orally A61J; containers for collecting, storing or administering blood or medical fluids A61J1/05); DEVICES FOR TRANSDUCING BODY MEDIA OR FOR TAKING MEDIA FROM THE BODY (surgery A61B; chemical aspects of surgical articles A61L); DEVICES FOR PRODUCING OR ENDING SLEEP OR STUPOR {(Electrotherapy, e.g. producing anaesthesia by the use of alternating or intermittent currents A61N1/36021)}

## Abstract

Enteral safety system (ESS) may include syringe having visual indicator such as barrel with measurement marks of a color. Barrel may allow content viewing. ESS may include hub for connecting syringe to enteral set. Hub may have a visual indicator such as being same color as barrel's marks. Enteral tubing or set may have a visual indicator such as a lengthwise stripe same color as barrel's marks. Enteral tubing may allow content viewing. ESS may include an enteral tubing-feeding tube hub for connecting enteral tubing to a feeding tube. This hub may have visual indicator such as same color as barrel's marks. Feeding tube may have visual indicator such as a lengthwise stripe same color as barrel's marks. Feeding tube may allow content viewing. The syringe, syringe-enteral tubing hub, enteral tubing, enteral tubing-feeding tube hub, and feeding tubing are properly connectable by reference to visual indicators such as color matching.

## Claims

### Claim 1

An enteral safety system, comprising:
an oral dispenser having a matching feature and a second matching feature;
an oral dispenser-enteral tubing hub for connecting the oral dispenser to enteral tubing, the oral dispenser-enteral tubing hub having the matching feature and the second matching feature;
the enteral tubing having the matching feature and the second matching feature;
an enteral tubing-feeding tube hub for connecting the enteral tubing to a feeding tube, the enteral tubing-feeding tube hub having the matching feature and the second matching feature; and
the feeding tube having the matching feature and the second matching feature
the matching feature used to facilitate connection of only the elements displaying the matching feature.

### Claim 2

An enteral feeding system, comprising:
a dispenser with a matching feature;
a first connector with the matching feature for connecting the dispenser to an extension set;
the extension set with the matching feature;
a second connector, having the matching feature, for connecting the extension set to a feeding tube with the matching feature, and
a second matching feature on the dispenser, the first connector, the extension set, the second connector, and the feeding tube.