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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 13, 2016
Filed:
Sep. 07, 2012
Glen Branconier, North Attleboro, MA (US);
Michael C. Dorsey, Edwardsville, IL (US);
Kelly M. Davis, Chesterfield, MO (US);
David Rork Swisher, St. Charles, MO (US);
John P. Moran, Herculaneum, MO (US);
Glen Branconier, North Attleboro, MA (US);
Michael C. Dorsey, Edwardsville, IL (US);
Kelly M. Davis, Chesterfield, MO (US);
David Rork Swisher, St. Charles, MO (US);
John P. Moran, Herculaneum, MO (US);
Covidien LP, Mansfield, MA (US);
Abstract
A feeding tube assembly for insertion and delivery of nutrients into an alimentary canal is disclosed. A method of facilitating the use of the feeding tube with an insufflation device is also disclosed. The feeding tube assembly has a feeding tube with opposite proximal and distal ends, a feeding passage extending between the proximal and distal ends, an outlet proximate the distal end and in fluid communication with the feeding passage, a port at the proximal end and in fluid communication with the outlet; and an air insufflation device fluidly connectable to the port comprising a compressible air bulb having a bulb inlet and a bulb outlet; an inlet check valve at the bulb inlet, an outlet check valve at the bulb outlet, and a relief valve fluidly connected to the bulb outlet.