Feeding syringe holder
AssigneeMedline Industries, Inc.
InventorsTimothy Mackelfresh, Morgan Uridil
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Abstract
In one aspect, a system is provided for administering a formulated food solution. The system includes a syringe body having a collar, a barrel, and at least one protrusion. The system includes a handle configured to be hung on a support and a holder body connected to the handle. The holder body has a central opening sized to receive the syringe body. The holder body includes at least one alignment portion configured to engage at least one protrusion of the syringe body and resist turning of the syringe body in the central opening of the holder body.
Claims19
A holder for a syringe body of a formulated food solution delivery system, the holder comprising:
- a handle configured to be hung on a support;
- a body connected to the handle and having a central opening for receiving a barrel of the syringe body, the body having an upper, collar-receiving region and a lower region each having a transverse cross-sectional area, the transverse cross-sectional area of the upper region having a frustoconical wall portion and being larger than the transverse cross-sectional area of the lower region, the lower region having an annular wall portion for extending around the syringe body barrel, the body configured to keep the syringe body upright with the handle hung on the support;
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- at least one alignment portion of the body configured to engage at least one protrusion of the syringe body and resist turning of the syringe body in the central opening of the body, wherein the at least one alignment portion of the body includes at least one opening having a first portion in the frustoconical wall portion and a second portion in the annular wall portion.
A system for administering a formulated food solution, the system comprising:
- a syringe body including a collar and a barrel;
- at least one protrusion of the syringe body;
- a handle configured to be hung on a support;
- a holder body connected to the handle and having a central opening sized to receive the syringe body, the holder body having an upper, collar-receiving region and a lower region each having a transverse cross-sectional area, the transverse cross-sectional area of the upper region having a frustoconical wall portion configured to nest with a frustoconical wall of the collar of the syringe body and being larger than the transverse cross-sectional area of the lower region, the lower region having an annular wall portion;
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- at least one alignment portion of the holder body configured to engage at least one protrusion of the syringe body and resist turning of the syringe body in the central opening of the holder body, wherein the at least one alignment portion of the body includes at least one opening sized to receive the at least one protrusion of the syringe body, the at least one opening having a first portion in the frustoconical wall portion and a second portion in the annular wall portion.
A holder for a syringe body of a formulated food solution delivery system, the holder comprising:
- a handle configured to be hung on a support;
- a body connected to the handle and having a central opening for receiving a barrel of the syringe body, the body including an upper collar-receiving portion including a frustoconical wall portion and a lower barrel-receiving portion including an annular wall portion for extending around the syringe body barrel, the body configured to keep the syringe body upright with the handle hung on the support;
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- at least one alignment portion of the body configured to engage at least one protrusion of the syringe body and resist turning of the syringe body in the central opening of the body, wherein the at least one alignment portion of the body includes at least one opening having a first portion in the frustoconical wall portion and a second portion in the annular wall portion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.