Patents Represented by Attorney Cliff Dean
  • Patent number: 4886504
    Abstract: A reservoir/dispensing container for use at a patient's bedside for administering nutrients, medicaments, etc. through enteral, I.V. or like systems wherein the container, which is semi-rigid and has nestable stacking means provided thereon, has discharge port means at one end thereof and a fill opening located in a beveled corner wall surface adjacent the end opposite from the discharge port means whereby the container can be filled either while supported in an upright use position, as at a patient's bedside, or while supported on its side with the fill opening facing generally upwardly, as for instance, at a nursing station or in a hospital pharmacy. An adaptor having a reduced-thickness intermediate section is provided for connecting a feeding tube or the like to the discharge port means of the container in a manner preventing kinking of the feeding tube or the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 1987
    Date of Patent: December 12, 1989
    Assignee: Abbott Laboratories
    Inventors: Russell A. Arvidson, James T. Renick, Robert D. Clegg, Lawrence E. Zimmer