Vented fluid transfer lid
AssigneeAvent, Inc.
InventorsDavid A. Doornbos, Mariann Cary, Benjamin M. Davis
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Abstract
A vented transfer lid includes an inner collar projecting from a top panel of the transfer lid and having an outer circumferential surface having a texturized electrical discharge machining (EDM) surface finish. In some example forms, an interior surface of the top panel includes a texturized EDM surface finish. In example forms, the transfer lid includes a transfer port wherein at least a portion of an interior surface of the transfer port includes a texturized EDM surface finish. In other embodiments, at least a portion of the vented transfer lid comprises a nonpolar boundary such that fluids exposed to the nonpolar boundary bead and form droplets having a dimension rendering them incapable of passing through one or more vent paths.
Claims13
An enteral fluid container comprising:
- a containment shell;
- an open upper end including:
- container threads, and
- a container sealing lip defining an outwardly extending rounded surface, a shoulder positioned between the container threads and the outwardly extending rounded surface, and an angled inner container surface radially inward of the outwardly extending rounded surface;
- and
- a vented transfer lid coupled to the open upper end and including:
- a circular top panel comprising a transfer port extending from a central position on the top panel outwardly in a first or distal direction;
- an attachment collar extending in a second or proximal direction from the top panel, an interior circumferential face of the attachment collar comprising lid threads for releasable engagement with the container threads;
- and
- an inner collar projecting from the top panel of the transfer lid in the second or proximal direction, the inner collar being concentric with and spaced a distance inwardly from the attachment collar, and comprising an outer circumferential surface engaged with the angled inner container surface and having a texturized surface finish defining a VDI range of between about 24-42,
- wherein the outer circumferential surface is configured to permit the venting of air into and out of the container at an engagement interface between the angled inner container surface and the outer circumferential surface.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.