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US 2019/0336743 A1Published application
Enteral feeding adapter
AssigneeN.V. Nutricia
InventorReinhold Wolkenstoerfer
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Abstract
We generally describe an enteral feeding adapter comprising: a tube section; a crimping fixation unit arranged on said tube section at a first section of said enteral feeding adapter for releasably connecting said enteral feeding adapter with a gastrostomy tube connector; and a screw cap freely rotatably arranged around said tube section at a second section of said enteral feeding adapter for connecting said enteral feeding adapter with a screw connector.
Claims13
1-13. (canceled)
An enteral feeding adapter comprising:
- a tube section;
- a crimping fixation unit arranged on said tube section at a first section of said enteral feeding adapter for releasably connecting said enteral feeding adapter with a gastrostomy tube connector;
- and
- a screw cap freely rotatably arranged around said tube section at a second section of said enteral feeding adapter for connecting said enteral feeding adapter with a screw connector, wherein said screw cap being freely rotatably arranged around said tube section comprises a torque needed to rotate said screw cap around said tube section, in an engaged state between said screw cap and said tube section, being no larger than a predetermined torque which is only large enough to overcome a friction between a screw cap surface and a tube section surface by which surfaces said screw cap and said tube section contact each other.
1 more element
A gastrostomy tube connector assembly comprising:
- the enteral feeding adapter of claim 1;
- and
- a gastrostomy tube Y-connector connected to said enteral feeding adapter via said crimping fixation unit.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.