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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 30, 2024
Filed:
Nov. 15, 2019
Kpr U.s., Llc, Mansfield, MA (US);
Kenneth M. Breitweiser, Brighton, IL (US);
Kurt Schneider, Webster Groves, MO (US);
Robert B. Gaines, Lake Saint Louis, MO (US);
Thomas G. Lewis, O'Fallon, IL (US);
Emma C. Buckles, Hazelwood, MO (US);
Michael C. Dorsey, Edwardsville, IL (US);
Christopher A. Knauper, St. Charles, MO (US);
Ashanti Bryant, St. Louis, MO (US);
Meghan Fox, St. Louis, MO (US);
Jessica Watts Miller, St. Louis, MO (US);
KPR U.S., LLC, Mansfield, MA (US);
Abstract
An apparatus and method for delivering fluid from a syringe to a subject using a pumping device of a flow control apparatus. The method includes locating the flow control apparatus on a horizontal support surface. Providing the syringe with a volume of fluid including a total amount of preferred nutrient and an amount of non-preferred nutrient liquid. Mounting the syringe relative to the flow control apparatus whereby the syringe is oriented in a generally vertical orientation such that an outlet of the syringe faces upward. Initiating operation of the pumping device to draw the fluid from the syringe for a duration of time to preferentially deliver at least a portion of the total amount of preferred nutrient in the fluid to the subject.