Elastomeric enteral feeding pump and filling system
AssigneeAvent, Inc.
InventorsThomas D. Mina, Shane A. Duffy, Donald J. McMichael, Hilton M. Kaplan
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Abstract
A non-electrically driven enteral feeding pump including an expandable elastomeric bladder is provided. The enteral feeding pump includes a fluid delivery tube. The fluid delivery tube controls flow rate of fluid from the pump. The present invention further describes an enteral feeding pump assembly including the portable enteral feeding pump and a peristaltic pump. The peristaltic pump can be configured to be operatively coupled to the elastomeric bladder of the enteral feeding pump for transferring fluid from a reservoir external to the elastomeric bladder into a chamber of the elastomeric bladder.
Claims16
A non-electrically driven enteral feeding pump, the pump comprising:
- an elastomeric bladder defining a chamber and biased to contract from an inflated position to a deflated position;
- an inlet port in fluid communication with the chamber, and an outlet port in fluid communication with the chamber;
- a first fluid delivery tube, wherein the first fluid delivery tube is configured to be in fluid communication with the chamber via the outlet port, where the first fluid delivery tube controls the flow rate of fluid delivered by the pump;
- and
- a set of alternate flow rate fluid delivery tubes, where the first fluid delivery tube and at least one alternate flow rate fluid delivery tube of the set are configured to be interchangeably coupled with the elastomeric bladder,
- wherein when the elastomeric bladder is in the deflated position, the chamber is empty.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.