US Patent Issued to Societe des Produits Nestle on April 7 for "Enteral feeding adapters and methods of using the enteral feeding adapters" (Minnesota Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,594,222, issued on April 7, was assigned to Societe des Produits Nestle S.A. (Vevey, Switzerland).

"Enteral feeding adapters and methods of using the enteral feeding adapters" was invented by Steven Bernard (Eden Prairie, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An adapter is provided for connecting a container of flowable material, such as enteral feed formula in a laminated paper container, to a feeding tube to enable bolus feeding. The adapter can transfer the flowable material from the container by piercing the container and/or a cover of the container. The adapter can form a fluid-tight friction seal on the container. In some embodiment...