US Patent:
20150305985, Oct 29, 2015
Inventors:
- Stilwell KS, US
Mark Petheram - Overland Park KS, US
Anthony Hash - Olathe KS, US
Assignee:
Neonatal Product Group, Inc. - Stilwell KS
International Classification:
A61J 15/00
Abstract:
An enteral feeding warming system for warming enteral feeding fluid and delivering the feeding fluid to an infant or other patient comprises a pump, a warming device, and an enteral feeding tube. The pump may be connected to an enteral feeding fluid source. The warming device includes a housing, a heating element, a heat spreader, a temperature sensor, a controller, a display, a number of user inputs, and a power source. The housing includes outer walls defining an interior chamber and a feeding tube channel separate from the interior chamber. The interior chamber retains the heating element, heat spreader, temperature sensor, and controller therein. The feeding tube channel includes a number of turns and straight sections for increasing an effective length of the feeding tube channel and receives an intermediate portion of the enteral feeding tube therein.