Locking enteral feeding system
OwnerClaborn Kennard, Augusta Kennard +1inventors
InventorsCLABORN KENNARD, AUGUSTA KENNARD, ROBERT JON MCKINNON
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Abstract
A fluid delivery device and system is operable to fluidly couple a pair of fluid delivery conduits. One embodiment includes a fluid delivery device sized to meet ANSI/AAMI ID54:1996(R) 2005 and not mate with ANSI/HIMA MD70.1 or ISO 594/1 and ISO 594/2 standards for intravenous ports and connectors to prevent accidental intravenous delivery of fluids intended for enteral delivery. The system includes at least one of a locking tab and a stop flange configured to not mate with matching connectors not configured to satisfy the enteral feeding standards and not specifically configured to mate with the fluid delivery device.
Claims18
A fluid delivery system, comprising:
- a fluid delivery end formed on one of a syringe or a fluid delivery device;
- a locking tab axially aligned with the fluid delivery end;
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- a connector for enteral feeding for delivering fluids to a patient via a connected tube, wherein the connector further comprises:
- a fluid receiving end comprising an axially aligned channel for receiving the locking tab of the fluid delivery end in an axial direction when the fluid delivery end is inserted into the fluid receiving end of the connector;
- a locking region extending perpendicularly to the axially aligned channel and configured to receive the locking tab and to hold the fluid delivery end when the fluid delivery end is inserted and subsequently rotated into a locking position;
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- wherein the connector and the locking tab are configured to enable the fluid delivery end to be inserted axially to a final depth prior to the fluid delivery end of the syringe or fluid delivery device being turned and locked into place.
A fluid delivery system, comprising:
- a syringe for intravenous delivery of medication;
- a fluid delivery device further including a female connector end sized to receive and mate with a male end of the syringe and a male connector end extending outwardly from the female connector end, the male connector end sized to meet standards for enteral feeding including ANSI/AAMI ID54:1996(R) 2005 and not mate with standards for I.V. delivery including ANSI/HIMA MD70.1, ISO 594/1 and ISO 594/2 standards for intravenous ports and connectors;
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- wherein the fluid delivery device includes a pair of rotation tabs and a fluid delivery end that further includes an axially aligned locking tab for insertion into a female end of a connector having an axially aligned channel and a perpendicularly aligned locking region and configured to enable the fluid delivery end to be inserted axially to a final depth prior to being turned and locked into place and wherein the fluid delivery device is configured to only mate with specified connector ends for enteral feeding.
A fluid delivery system for enteral feeding, comprising:
- a first connector comprising a male connector end;
- a second connector comprising a female end that includes an axially aligned channel and a perpendicularly aligned locking region and wherein the axially aligned channel and locking tab are configured to enable the male connector of the first connector to be inserted axially to a final depth prior to the first connector being turned and locked into place;
- a fluid delivery tube sized to meet enteral feeding standards connected to the second connector for conducting fluids for enteral feeding;
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- wherein the first connector includes a pair of rotation tabs.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.