Patents by Inventor Anthony C. Lair
Anthony C. Lair has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Publication number: 20230285645Abstract: A container for collecting, storing and dispensing fluid, as in enteral feeding and/or medication deliver to neonatal infants. The container includes a hollow tube with a body, a first end, a second end, and an outer diameter. The hollow tube is configured to receive a movable plunger that advances and retracts therein to define a variable contained volume. The container also includes a sealing head assembly removably mounted at an end of the hollow tube. The sealing head assembly has a diameter or outside dimension that is substantially similar or identical to a corresponding outside diameter or dimension of the hollow tube, so that the container lies flat within the receiver of an enteral feeding pump.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 17, 2023Publication date: September 14, 2023Inventors: Aaron N. INGRAM, Anthony C. LAIR, Mark Martin COSTELLO, Tony DOHERTY
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Patent number: 11690939Abstract: A container for collecting, storing and dispensing fluid, as in enteral feeding and/or medication deliver to neonatal infants. The container includes a hollow tube with a body, a first end, a second end, and an outer diameter. The hollow tube is configured to receive a movable plunger that advances and retracts therein to define a variable contained volume. The container also includes a sealing head assembly removably mounted at an end of the hollow tube. The sealing head assembly has a diameter or outside dimension that is substantially similar or identical to a corresponding outside diameter or dimension of the hollow tube, so that the container lies flat within the receiver of an enteral feeding pump.Type: GrantFiled: May 8, 2020Date of Patent: July 4, 2023Assignee: Avent, Inc.Inventors: Aaron N. Ingram, Anthony C. Lair, Mark Martin Costello, Tony Doherty
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Patent number: 11497682Abstract: A container for collecting, transporting, storing, delivering and dispensing fluid. The container has a hollow tube with an outer circumference diameter and is configured to receive a plunger. A collection adaptor and a dispensing adaptor provide interchangeable coupling of a variable volume container such as a syringe with a collection device such as a breast pump and a dispensing device such as a nipple. The container also has a circumferential seal assembly secured at one end of the hollow tube. The seal assembly outer diameter is substantially similar to the hollow tube outer diameter.Type: GrantFiled: March 25, 2019Date of Patent: November 15, 2022Assignee: Avent, Inc.Inventors: Aaron N. Ingram, Benjamin Martin Davis, Anthony C. Lair, Mark Martin Costello, Tony Doherty
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Publication number: 20220071845Abstract: A container for collecting, transporting, storing, delivering and dispensing fluid. The container has a hollow tube with an outer circumference diameter and is configured to receive a plunger. A collection adaptor and a dispensing adaptor provide interchangeable coupling of a variable volume container such as a syringe with a collection device such as a breast pump and a dispensing device such as a nipple. The container also has a circumferential seal assembly secured at one end of the hollow tube. The seal assembly outer diameter is substantially similar to the hollow tube outer diameter.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 25, 2019Publication date: March 10, 2022Applicant: NeoMed, Inc.Inventors: Aaron N. INGRAM, Benjamin Martin DAVIS, Anthony C. LAIR, Mark Martin COSTELLO, Tony DOHERTY
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Patent number: 11007123Abstract: Enteral safety system (ESS) may include syringe having visual indicator such as barrel with measurement marks of a color. Barrel may allow content viewing. ESS may include hub for connecting syringe to enteral set. Hub may have a visual indicator such as being same color as barrel's marks. Enteral tubing or set may have a visual indicator such as a lengthwise stripe same color as barrel's marks. Enteral tubing may allow content viewing. ESS may include an enteral tubing-feeding tube hub for connecting enteral tubing to a feeding tube. This hub may have visual indicator such as same color as barrel's marks. Feeding tube may have visual indicator such as a lengthwise stripe same color as barrel's marks. Feeding tube may allow content viewing. The syringe, syringe-enteral tubing hub, enteral tubing, enteral tubing-feeding tube hub, and feeding tubing are properly connectable by reference to visual indicators such as color matching.Type: GrantFiled: February 19, 2019Date of Patent: May 18, 2021Assignee: NeoMed, Inc.Inventor: Anthony C. Lair
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Patent number: 10898414Abstract: A metered enteral feeding system for delivering fluids, the metered enteral feeding system including a vented container with contained volume for containing the fluids. The metered enteral feeding system includes a discharge port for discharging the fluid from the contained volume and at least one vent for allowing airflow into the contained volume. The metered enteral feeding system also includes a flow control valve in fluid communication with the discharge port of the vented container. The fluid control valve is adjustable to provide an increased or decreased flowrate therethrough.Type: GrantFiled: August 5, 2013Date of Patent: January 26, 2021Assignee: NeoMed, Inc.Inventors: Aaron N. Ingram, Anthony C. Lair, Mark Martin Costello, Tony Doherty, Benjamin Martin Davis
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Publication number: 20200261632Abstract: A container for collecting, storing and dispensing fluid, as in enteral feeding and/or medication deliver to neonatal infants. The container includes a hollow tube with a body, a first end, a second end, and an outer diameter. The hollow tube is configured to receive a movable plunger that advances and retracts therein to define a variable contained volume. The container also includes a sealing head assembly removably mounted at an end of the hollow tube. The sealing head assembly has a diameter or outside dimension that is substantially similar or identical to a corresponding outside diameter or dimension of the hollow tube, so that the container lies flat within the receiver of an enteral feeding pump.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 8, 2020Publication date: August 20, 2020Inventors: Aaron N. INGRAM, Anthony C. LAIR, Mark Martin COSTELLO, Tony DOHERTY
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Patent number: 10682447Abstract: A container for collecting, storing and dispensing fluid, as in enteral feeding and/or medication deliver to neonatal infants. The container includes a hollow tube with a body, a first end, a second end, and an outer diameter. The hollow tube is configured to receive a movable plunger that advances and retracts therein to define a variable contained volume. The container also includes a sealing head assembly removably mounted at an end of the hollow tube. The sealing head assembly has a diameter or outside dimension that is substantially similar or identical to a corresponding outside diameter or dimension of the hollow tube, so that the container lies flat within the receiver of an enteral feeding pump.Type: GrantFiled: August 9, 2016Date of Patent: June 16, 2020Assignee: NeoMed, Inc.Inventors: Aaron N. Ingram, Anthony C. Lair, Mark Martin Costello, Tony Doherty
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Publication number: 20190314245Abstract: A container for collecting, transporting, storing, delivering and dispensing fluid. The container has a hollow tube with an outer circumference diameter and is configured to receive a plunger. A collection adaptor and a dispensing adaptor provide interchangeable coupling of a variable volume container such as a syringe with a collection device such as a breast pump and a dispensing device such as a nipple. The container also has a circumferential seal assembly secured at one end of the hollow tube. The seal assembly outer diameter is substantially similar to the hollow tube outer diameter.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 25, 2019Publication date: October 17, 2019Applicant: NeoMed, Inc.Inventors: Aaron N. INGRAM, Benjamin Martin DAVIS, Anthony C. LAIR, Mark Martin COSTELLO, Tony DOHERTY
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Publication number: 20190254932Abstract: Enteral safety system (ESS) may include syringe having visual indicator such as barrel with measurement marks of a color. Barrel may allow content viewing. ESS may include hub for connecting syringe to enteral set. Hub may have a visual indicator such as being same color as barrel's marks. Enteral tubing or set may have a visual indicator such as a lengthwise stripe same color as barrel's marks. Enteral tubing may allow content viewing. ESS may include an enteral tubing-feeding tube hub for connecting enteral tubing to a feeding tube. This hub may have visual indicator such as same color as barrel's marks. Feeding tube may have visual indicator such as a lengthwise stripe same color as barrel's marks. Feeding tube may allow content viewing. The syringe, syringe-enteral tubing hub, enteral tubing, enteral tubing-feeding tube hub, and feeding tubing are properly connectable by reference to visual indicators such as color matching.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 19, 2019Publication date: August 22, 2019Inventor: Anthony C. Lair
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Patent number: 10307335Abstract: A container for collecting, transporting, storing, delivering and dispensing fluid. The container has a hollow tube with an outer circumference diameter and is configured to receive a plunger. A collection adaptor and a dispensing adaptor provide interchangeable coupling of a variable volume container such as a syringe with a collection device such as a breast pump and a dispensing device such as a nipple. The container also has a circumferential seal assembly secured at one end of the hollow tube. The seal assembly outer diameter is substantially similar to the hollow tube outer diameter.Type: GrantFiled: February 3, 2015Date of Patent: June 4, 2019Assignee: NeoMed, Inc.Inventors: Aaron N. Ingram, Benjamin Martin Davis, Anthony C. Lair, Mark Martin Costello, Tony Doherty
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Patent number: 10245217Abstract: Enteral safety system (ESS) may include syringe having visual indicator such as barrel with measurement marks of a color. Barrel may allow content viewing. ESS may include hub for connecting syringe to enteral set. Hub may have a visual indicator such as being same color as barrel's marks. Enteral tubing or set may have a visual indicator such as a lengthwise stripe same color as barrel's marks. Enteral tubing may allow content viewing. ESS may include an enteral tubing-feeding tube hub for connecting enteral tubing to a feeding tube. This hub may have visual indicator such as same color as barrel's marks. Feeding tube may have visual indicator such as a lengthwise stripe same color as barrel's marks. Feeding tube may allow content viewing. The syringe, syringe-enteral tubing hub, enteral tubing, enteral tubing-feeding tube hub, and feeding tubing are properly connectable by reference to visual indicators such as color matching.Type: GrantFiled: April 29, 2013Date of Patent: April 2, 2019Inventor: Anthony C. Lair
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Patent number: 9757522Abstract: A syringe having a syringe body defining an elongate cavity therein with a non-circular internal cross-sectional profile, and a syringe plunger operable to selectively travel within the hollow cavity with a non-circular external cross-sectional profile that substantially mirrors the syringe body's internal cross-sectional profile for mating engagement thereof. The enteral syringe may also have venting features and support features for hanging from a support structure.Type: GrantFiled: February 4, 2015Date of Patent: September 12, 2017Assignee: NEOMED, INC.Inventors: Aaron N. Ingram, Benjamin Martin Davis, Anthony C. Lair, Mark Martin Costello, Tony Doherty
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Patent number: 9586734Abstract: A fluid containment and dispensing system includes a sealed, variable-volume containment device having a movable plunger slidably mounted within a barrel, and a sealing head having a seal insert retained thereon. A seal arrangement includes a self-resealing cross-slit opening, an internal sealing ring for engaging a corresponding coupling of a compatible device, and a raised peripheral seal ring for sealing engagement with a closure lid.Type: GrantFiled: July 27, 2011Date of Patent: March 7, 2017Assignee: NEOMED, INC.Inventors: Mark Martin Costello, Tony Doherty, Aaron N. Ingram, Anthony C. Lair
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Publication number: 20160346447Abstract: A container for collecting, storing and dispensing fluid, as in enteral feeding and/or medication deliver to neonatal infants. The container includes a hollow tube with a body, a first end, a second end, and an outer diameter. The hollow tube is configured to receive a movable plunger that advances and retracts therein to define a variable contained volume. The container also includes a sealing head assembly removably mounted at an end of the hollow tube. The sealing head assembly has a diameter or outside dimension that is substantially similar or identical to a corresponding outside diameter or dimension of the hollow tube, so that the container lies flat within the receiver of an enteral feeding pump.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 9, 2016Publication date: December 1, 2016Applicant: NEOMED, INC.Inventors: Aaron N. INGRAM, Anthony C. LAIR, Mark Martin COSTELLO, Tony DOHERTY
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Patent number: 9433729Abstract: The present invention is an enteral syringe for use with a support hook. The enteral syringe includes an elongated body having a hollow cavity therein and a plunger operable to selectively travel within the hollow cavity. The plunger includes a support feature adapted to receive the support hook.Type: GrantFiled: March 25, 2014Date of Patent: September 6, 2016Assignee: NEOMED, INC.Inventors: Aaron N. Ingram, Anthony C. Lair, Mark Martin Costello, Tony Doherty, Benjamin M. Davis
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Patent number: 9433562Abstract: A container for collecting, storing and dispensing fluid, as in enteral feeding and/or medication deliver to neonatal infants. The container includes a hollow tube with a body, a first end, a second end, and an outer diameter. The hollow tube is configured to receive a movable plunger that advances and retracts therein to define a variable contained volume. The container also includes a sealing head assembly removably mounted at an end of the hollow tube. The sealing head assembly has a diameter or outside dimension that is substantially similar or identical to a corresponding outside diameter or dimension of the hollow tube, so that the container lies flat within the receiver of an enteral feeding pump.Type: GrantFiled: July 30, 2012Date of Patent: September 6, 2016Assignee: NEOMED, INC.Inventors: Aaron N. Ingram, Anthony C. Lair, Mark Martin Costello, Tony Doherty
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Publication number: 20150164744Abstract: A container for collecting, transporting, storing, delivering and dispensing fluid. The container has a hollow tube with an outer circumference diameter and is configured to receive a plunger. A collection adaptor and a dispensing adaptor provide interchangeable coupling of a variable volume container such as a syringe with a collection device such as a breast pump and a dispensing device such as a nipple. The container also has a circumferential seal assembly secured at one end of the hollow tube. The seal assembly outer diameter is substantially similar to the hollow tube outer diameter.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 3, 2015Publication date: June 18, 2015Applicant: NEOMED, INC.Inventors: Aaron N. INGRAM, Benjamin Martin DAVIS, Anthony C. LAIR, Mark Martin COSTELLO, Tony DOHERTY
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Publication number: 20150148753Abstract: A syringe having a syringe body defining an elongate cavity therein with a non-circular internal cross-sectional profile, and a syringe plunger operable to selectively travel within the hollow cavity with a non-circular external cross-sectional profile that substantially mirrors the syringe body's internal cross-sectional profile for mating engagement thereof. The enteral syringe may also have venting features and support features for hanging from a support structure.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 4, 2015Publication date: May 28, 2015Applicant: NEOMED, INC.Inventors: Aaron N. INGRAM, Benjamin Martin DAVIS, Anthony C. LAIR, Mark Martin COSTELLO, Tony DOHERTY
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Patent number: 9028438Abstract: An enteral fluid delivery and reflux collection system and method are disclosed. A fluid nutrient source container and administration tube are joined to an enteral feeding tube, and a gastric reflux tube connects a vented reflux collection syringe to selectively permit or prevent reflux collection, and/or to aspirate or flush the associated fluid lines.Type: GrantFiled: October 19, 2012Date of Patent: May 12, 2015Assignee: NeoMed, Inc.Inventors: Aaron N. Ingram, Anthony C. Lair