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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 05, 1991
Filed:
Dec. 28, 1988
Applicant:
Inventors:
Scott D Dickerhoff, Manchester, MO (US);
Alan B Ranford, Creve Coeur, MO (US);
David R Swisher, St. Louis, MO (US);
Eugene F Schrader, St. Louis, MO (US);
Raymond O Bodicky, Oakville, MO (US);
Ronald Crouther, Chesterfield, MO (US);
Assignee:
Sherwood Medical Company, St. Louis, MO (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
604411 ; 604405 ; 604406 ;
Abstract
A connection component suitable for use with an enteral fluid delivery set wherein the connection component consists of a threaded cap having a projecting spike thereon to penetrate and deform a foil diaphragm on the fluid container and further including an air passageway having a flexible member therein to allow filtered air to flow into the fluid container while preventing the flow of fluid from the fluid container through the air passageway.