US 11,911,343 B2
Adapter assembly for enteral feeding
David Rork Swisher, St. Charles, MO (US); Michael Dorsey, Edwardsville, IL (US); and Sandra Walker, St. Charles, MO (US)
Assigned to KPR U.S., LLC, Mansfield, MA (US)
Filed by KPR U.S., LLC, Mansfield, MA (US)
Filed on Jul. 31, 2019, as Appl. No. 16/528,335.
Application 16/528,335 is a continuation of application No. 14/955,660, filed on Dec. 1, 2015, granted, now 10,369,083.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/086,385, filed on Dec. 2, 2014.
Prior Publication US 2019/0350815 A1, Nov. 21, 2019
Int. Cl. A61J 15/00 (2006.01); A61M 39/10 (2006.01); A61M 39/20 (2006.01)
CPC A61J 15/0026 (2013.01) [A61M 39/10 (2013.01); A61M 39/1011 (2013.01); A61M 39/20 (2013.01); A61J 2205/30 (2013.01); A61M 2039/1033 (2013.01); A61M 2039/1077 (2013.01); A61M 2205/6018 (2013.01); A61M 2207/00 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An adapter assembly for enteral feeding comprising:
a tapered connector including a central passage and a tapered outer surface for sealing openings of different sizes, wherein the central passage has a first section and a second section, and wherein at least a portion of the second section is frustoconical; and
a male fitting including a mating member releasably coupled with the tapered connector and in fluid communication with the central passage for attaching a device having a complementary fitting to the tapered connector, wherein the mating member is configured to be received within the first section of the central passage;
wherein the tapered outer surface of the tapered connector comprises a multi-stepped configuration including at least three steps; wherein the first section is adjacent the second section; wherein the first section has a diameter that is constant along a length of the first section; and wherein a diameter of the second section is larger than the diameter of the first section.