Feeding cap, drive head, and drive system
AssigneeAdventia Pharma, S.L.
InventorAndrés Cabello Rey
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Abstract
The present invention is comprised in the sector of the industry dedicated to the manufacturing of medical supplies, particularly focusing on containers for the artificial feeding of enteral feeding products through a tube. In particular, the present invention relates to a closure cap for a container for supplying enteral feeding products by means of the drive of a drive head, and it also relates to a drive head that can be coupled to the cap for driving the supply of enteral feeding products contained in a container, and in turn to a drive system formed by said cap and drive head.
Claims19
A closure cap for a container for supplying enteral feeding products contained in said container by means of a drive of a drive head, the cap being adapted for being coupled to the drive head, comprising:
- a first cavity suitable for receiving therein products coming from inside the container, the first cavity comprising a coupling means for an attachment of the cap with a neck of the container, a first outlet port of the first cavity, the first cavity defines a first opening;
- a second cavity separated from the first cavity wherein the second cavity defines a second opening in opposition to the first opening of the first cavity, the second cavity comprising
- a second outlet port of the cap for supplying the product of the container,
- a support seating,
- a conduit providing fluid communication between the first outlet port of the first cavity and the second outlet port of the second cavity, the conduit comprising a first flexible conduit segment with a first region which is supported on the support seating and a second region which is arranged facing the first region in the first flexible conduit segment so as to allow rotary rollers of the drive head to press the second region against the support seating, such that when the cap is in the operating mode with the drive head the fluid contained inside the conduit is driven by an action of the rollers.
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