Covidien LP

Kpr U.s., LLC

William J Byrd

Thomas G Lewis

Robert Bradley Gaines

Michael C Dorsey

Michael D Hudspeth

Robert Allyn

Glen Branconier

Joseph Hudson

Andrew Butterfield

Saeed Shakoori

Steve Gianelis

Pat Verdon

A catheter with an imaging assembly is disclosed. The catheter is used with a console for viewing and/or storing images obtained from the catheter. The catheter may be a feeding tube assembly. The imaging assembly on the feeding tube assembly allows a user to confirm placement of the feeding tube assembly in the patient's alimentary canal.

Catheter with imaging assembly

Detection of fluid conditions in an administration set. A light source is positioned to transmit an infrared light through administration set tubing and any fluid therein. A light sensor senses the infrared light transmitted through the tubing and generates an output signal. A frequency of the output signal is a function of an intensity of the light transmitted through the tubing. A processor receives and determines the frequency of the output signal, and compares the determined frequency to threshold frequency values to determine whether fluid is in the tubing. The processor also monitors the generated output signal to determine if the frequency of the output signal changes over time, and determines whether fluid is flowing in the tubing as a function of the determined change in frequency.

Fluid detection in an enteral feeding set

Feeding tube system with imaging assembly and console

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Arnold, MO, United States of America

William J Byrd