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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 18, 2016
Filed:
Jul. 08, 2010
Seralaathan Hariharesan, Flower Mound, TX (US);
James Allen Higgins, Plano, TX (US);
David Woodruff West, McKinney, TX (US);
Seralaathan Hariharesan, Flower Mound, TX (US);
James Allen Higgins, Plano, TX (US);
David Woodruff West, McKinney, TX (US);
NESTEC S.A., Vevey, CH;
Abstract
Flow control devices.—In a general embodiment, the present disclosure provides a cassette () comprising a housing having a flow restrictor (), and a tube () attached to the housing and positioned adjacent the flow restrictor. The flow restrictor may be so constructed and arranged to rotate from a first position in which the flow restrictor prevents fluid flow through the tube to a second position in which fluid is able to flow through the tube when the cassette is positioned inside a pumping device. As a result, the cassette is designed to prevent free flow of fluid when an enteral feeding tube set is not installed in a pumping device.