# US 12,005,030 B2 · Feed-fortify enteral feeding and related methods therefor > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,005,030 B2 - Document ID: US12005030B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 17/496,536 - Filed: 2021-10-07 - Published: 2022-01-27 - Granted: 2024-06-11 - Earliest claimed: 2014-08-12 - Assignees: Kpr U.S., LLC - Applicants: Kpr U.S., LLC - Inventors: Joel David Wiesner - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12005030B2 ## CPC - A61J 15/0076: {Feeding pumps (A61M1/00, A61M5/142, A61M25/1018 take precedence)} - A61J 15/0088: {for sensing parameters related to the device} - A61J 15/0092: {Valves on feeding tubes (tube valves A61M39/22)} - A61J 2200/76: for fluid level - A61M 2240/00: Specially adapted for neonatal use - 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 A pump set for use with a pumping apparatus to deliver nutrition to an infant includes a first container to receive breast milk; a second container to receive fortifier; tubing extending from the first container and from the second container; and a valve mechanism connected to the first and second containers by the tubing and configured to selectively pass liquid from the first container and the second container. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A computer-implemented method for delivering breast milk and fortifier through a pump set to an infant, the method comprising: providing a first container of a first liquid in fluid communication directly with the pump set; providing a second container of a second liquid in fluid communication directly with the pump set; receiving, by a controller, information indicative of a desired nutritional requirement for an infant, wherein the information indicative of the desired nutritional requirement includes one or more of fat requirements, feeding timing requirements, requirements for specific nutritional components, and hourly, daily, or weekly caloric requirements; determining, by the controller, a ratio of the first liquid to the second liquid for delivery to the infant based on the information indicative of desired nutrition requirement for the infant; and commanding, by the controller, a pump of the pump set to deliver the first liquid and the second liquid directly to the infant according to the determined ratio. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The computer-implemented method of claim 1, further comprising: receiving, by the controller, information indicative of an available amount of the first liquid; and determining, by the controller, the ratio based on the information indicative of the desired nutritional requirement for the infant and the information indicative of the available amount of the first liquid. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the first liquid is breast milk and the second liquid is a nutritional fortifier. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the ratio is a first ratio, and further comprising: determining, by the controller, a second ratio of the first liquid to the second liquid for delivery to the infant based on the information indicative of desired nutrition requirement for the infant, the second ratio being different than the first ratio; and commanding, by the controller, the pumping device of the pump set to deliver the first liquid and the second liquid directly to the infant according to the determined ratio. ### Claim 5 A computer-implemented method for delivering breast milk and fortifier through a pump set to an infant, the method comprising: providing a first container of a first liquid in fluid communication directly with the pump set; providing a second container of a second liquid in fluid communication directly with the pump set; receiving, by a controller, information indicative of a desired nutritional requirement for an infant; receiving, by the controller, information indicative of an available amount of the first liquid; determining, by the controller, a ratio of the first liquid to the second liquid for delivery to the infant based on the information indicative of desired nutrition requirement for the infant and the information indicative of the available amount of the first liquid; and commanding, by the controller, a pump of the pump set to deliver the first liquid and the second liquid directly to the infant according to the determined ratio. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The computer-implemented method of claim 5, wherein the information indicative of the desired nutritional requirement includes one or more of fat requirements, feeding timing requirements, requirements for specific nutritional components, and hourly, daily, or weekly caloric requirements. ### Claim 7 (depends on 5) The computer-implemented method of claim 5, wherein the first liquid is breast milk and the second liquid is a nutritional fortifier. ### Claim 8 (depends on 5) The computer-implemented method of claim 5, wherein the ratio is a first ratio, and further comprising: determining, by the controller, a second ratio of the first liquid to the second liquid for delivery to the infant based on the information indicative of desired nutrition requirement for the infant, the second ratio being different than the first ratio; and commanding, by the controller, the pumping device of the pump set to deliver the first liquid and the second liquid directly to the infant according to the determined ratio. ### Claim 9 A pump set comprising: a first container configured to receive a first liquid; a second container configured to receive a second liquid; a pump set including a pumping device, wherein the pump set is in fluid communication directly with both the first container and the second container; a controller including a processor and a memory, the controller configured to: receive information indicative of a desired nutritional requirement for an infant; determine a ratio of the first liquid to the second liquid for delivery to the infant based on the information indicative of desired nutrition requirement for the infant; and command the pumping device of the pump set to deliver the first liquid and the second liquid directly to the infant according to the determined ratio. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The pump set of claim 9, wherein the information indicative of the desired nutritional requirement includes one or more of fat requirements, feeding timing requirements, requirements for specific nutritional components, and hourly, daily, or weekly caloric requirements. ### Claim 11 (depends on 9) The pump set of claim 9, wherein the controller is configured to: receive information indicative of an available amount of the first liquid; and determine the ratio based on the information indicative of the desired nutritional requirement for the infant and the information indicative of the available amount of the first liquid. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The pump set of claim 11, wherein the first liquid is breast milk and the second liquid is a nutritional fortifier. ### Claim 13 (depends on 9) The pump set of claim 9, wherein the ratio is a first ratio, and wherein the controller is configured to: determine a second ratio of the first liquid to the second liquid for delivery to the infant based on the information indicative of desired nutrition requirement for the infant, the second ratio being different than the first ratio; and command the pumping device of the pump set to deliver the first liquid and the second liquid directly to the infant according to the determined ratio.