Adapter for a feeding system

US6183465A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• SHERWOOD SERVICES AG · CH

Inventors

• Kevin C. Meier · Chesterfield, US
• Glenn Fournie · Smithton, US
• Alan B. Ranford · Chesterfield, US
• Christy Cummins · Newbridge, IE
• Sean Morris · Galway, IE

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 1, 1999
• Grant date: Feb 6, 2001
• Expiry date: Sep 1, 2019

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10S604/905
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

An adapter utilized to interconnect a fluid container and a tubing set having a retractable spike and a rolling seal diaphragm for establishing fluid flow communication between a nutrition container and an administration tubing set while maintaining a fluid-tight seal. The rolling seal diaphragm includes a rolling seal portion which sealingly engages the retractable spike which remains engaged with the spike while the spike is biased between an engaged position and a disengaged position.