Method of operating an enteral feeding pump

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2022054362-A2
Application number	US-201916585818-A
Country	US
Kind code	A2
Filing date	Sep 27, 2019
Priority date	Sep 24, 2013
Publication date	Feb 24, 2022
Grant date	—

Abstract

A feeding set for use with a peristaltic enteral feeding pump to deliver nutritional liquid fluid to a patient includes a container having nutritional liquid. A conduit assembly includes tubing placeable in fluid communication with the container and adapted for mounting on the enteral feeding pump. The tubing provides a fluid pathway for delivering the nutritional liquid from the container to a patient when the tubing is mounted on the enteral feeding pump. An identification member is mounted on the conduit assembly and has at least one characteristic of a nutritional liquid associated with the feeding set represented by the identification member. The identification member is positioned on the conduit assembly so as to permit automatic identification by the enteral feeding pump of the at least one characteristic of the nutritional liquid upon mounting the conduit assembly on the enteral feeding pump.

First claim

1 . A feeding set for use with a feeding pump to deliver nutritional liquid to a patient, the administration feeding set comprising:
a container having the nutritional liquid; tubing in fluid communication with the container and being adapted for mounting on the enteral feeding pump, the tubing providing a fluid pathway for delivering the nutritional liquid from the container to the patient; and an identification member representative of the nutritional liquid in the container, the identification member configured to permit identification by the enteral feeding pump of at least one characteristic of the nutritional liquid upon mounting of the identification member on the enteral feeding pump.

2 . The feeding set as set forth in claim 1 , further including a cassette connected to the tubing.

3 . The feeding set as set forth in claim 2 , wherein the identification member is mounted on the cassette.

4 . The feeding set as set forth in claim 3 , wherein the identification member comprises one or more magnets arranged to represent the nutritional liquid in the container.

5 . The feeding set as set forth in claim 1 , wherein the at least one characteristic comprises nutritional liquid type.

6 . The feeding set as set forth in claim 1 , wherein the at least one characteristic comprises a viscosity of the nutritional liquid.

7 . The feeding set as set forth in claim 1 , wherein the at least one characteristic comprises a caloric content of the nutritional liquid.

8 . The feeding set as set forth in claim 1 wherein a family of nutritional liquids associated with the feeding set is represented by the identification member.

9 . The feeding set as set forth in claim 1 , wherein the enteral feeding pump includes a reader configured to read the identification member in representation of the nutritional liquid and provide association of the at least one characteristic of the nutritional liquid with the feeding set.

10 . The feeding set in combination with the enteral feeding pump as set forth in claim 9 , wherein the enteral feeding pump automatically determines a flow rate for delivering fluid through the tubing based on the at least one characteristic of the nutritional liquid identified by the enteral feeding pump upon mounting on the enteral feeding pump.

11 . The feeding set in combination with the enteral feeding pump as set forth in claim 10 , wherein the enteral feeding pump automatically initiates a compliance operation whereby the apparatus monitors a volume of fluid and a number of calories delivered to the patient through the tubing upon mounting on the enteral feeding pump.

Assignees

• Harr James
• Kpr Us Llc

Inventors

• Harr James

Classifications

• A61M2205/14

  Detection of the presence or absence of a tube, a connector or a container in an apparatus · CPC title

• Y10T29/49117

  Conductor or circuit manufacturing · CPC title

• A61M2205/6054

  Magnetic identification systems · CPC title

• A61M5/14232

  Roller pumps · CPC title

• G16H40/63

  for local operation · CPC title