Female enteral coupling
AssigneeNeomed, Inc.
InventorsAaron N. INGRAM, Benjamin Martin DAVIS, Anthony C. LAIR, Mark Martin COSTELLO, Tony DOHERTY
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Abstract
A container for collecting, transporting, storing, delivering and dispensing fluid. The container has a hollow tube with an outer circumference diameter and is configured to receive a plunger. A collection adaptor and a dispensing adaptor provide interchangeable coupling of a variable volume container such as a syringe with a collection device such as a breast pump and a dispensing device such as a nipple. The container also has a circumferential seal assembly secured at one end of the hollow tube. The seal assembly outer diameter is substantially similar to the hollow tube outer diameter.
Claims15
1-21. (canceled)
A system for collection and storage of fluid comprising:
- a variable volume container comprising a container body and a plunger, the container body including an outside surface and defining an internal cavity therein, the container body including a plunger end and a port end, the plunger being receivable within the plunger end of the container body and operable to be advanced and retracted within the internal cavity, the port end of the container body having a container port extending therethrough and in fluid communication with the internal cavity;
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- a collection adapter comprising a mouth region and a base region, the base region comprising a first container coupling configured for releasable attachment to the port end of the container body and a collection port configured for releasable engagement with the container port of the variable volume container;
- wherein the collection port of the collection adaptor is configured to form a vented connection with the container port of the variable volume container when the collection port is engaged with the container port to allow release of air from the internal cavity as the fluid is collected therein.
A system for collecting and containing fluids comprising:
- a variable volume container comprising a syringe body and a plunger, the syringe body defining an internal chamber and the plunger being translationally movable within the internal chamber to vary a contained volume within the internal chamber, the syringe body further comprising a syringe port in fluid communication with the internal chamber;
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- a collection adaptor for collection of fluids into the internal chamber of the syringe body, the collection adaptor comprising a first end for releasable attachment to the syringe body, a second end for releasable attachment to a fluid collector and a collection port configured to form a vented connection with the syringe port of the variable volume container when the collection port is engaged with the syringe port to allow release of air from the internal chamber as fluid is collected therein;
- wherein the collection port of the collection adaptor is configured to form a vented connection with the container port of the variable volume container when the collection port is engaged with the container port to allow release of air from the internal cavity as the fluid is collected therein.
A system for collecting and containing enteral fluids, the system comprising:
- a syringe comprising a syringe body and a plunger, the syringe defining an internal chamber, and the plunger being movably mounted within the internal chamber of the syringe body, the syringe body comprising a syringe port providing fluid communication to and from the internal chamber;
- a collection adaptor comprising a first collection adaptor coupling for removable attachment to the syringe, a second collection adaptor coupling for removable attachment to a fluid collector and a collection port for releasable engagement with the syringe port;
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- whereby a vented connection is provided when the collection port is engaged with the syringe port to allow release of air from the internal chamber as an enteral fluid is collected therein.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.