Cap assembly
AssigneeElan Pharmaceutical Research Corporation
InventorsJohn E. Kusler, III, Leonard W. Cooke
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Abstract
A cap assembly for an enteral feeding container having an inner and outer cap. The inner cap has an upper end forming a tray with an inner peripheral lip and an outer peripheral lip, A flexible inner membrane covers the inner side of the tray of the inner cap to form a seal between the neck of the container and the tray. An outer membrane is placed over the outer side of the tray to form a sealed chamber, A cavity containing an appropriate disinfectant is centrally formed in the tray for receiving an enteral feeding tube spike when the outer membrane is removed, Access to the cavity is achieved by first removing the outer cap, then stripping away the outer membrane.
Claims15
A cap assembly for an enteral feeding container comprising
- an inner cap, said inner cap including means forming a disinfected chamber having a tray forming a first wall of said chamber and an outer annular lip defining the outer perimeter of said tray and means within said chamber for receiving a spike of an enteral feeding tube assembly,
- means for securing said inner cap to said enteral feeding container,
- an outer cap, said outer cap having means for removably securing said outer cap over said chamber and means for removeably sealing said disinfected chamber, and
- means or at least partially opening said sealed chamber to expose said spike receiving means.
A cap assembly for an enteral feeding container, said cap assembly comprising an outer cap and an inner cap said inner cap including an annular sidewall integrally formed with a tray closing one end of said annular sidewall, means for receiving an enteral feed tube delivery spike integrally associated with said tray and an inner oxygen and moisture barrier membrane comprising an aluminum and polymer laminated foil for sealing said inner cap to the enteral feeding container,
- said outer cap having a depending annular sidewall,
- means formed in part on each annular sidewall for removably interlocking said outer cap over said tray of said inner cap,
- an outer oxygen and moisture barrier membrane comprising an aluminum and polymer laminated foil positioned intermediate to said outer cap and tray, and means removably securing said foil to the periphery of said tray forming a closed chamber therebetween.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.