US 12,005,030 B2
Feed-fortify enteral feeding and related methods therefor
Joel David Wiesner, St. Peters, MO (US)
Assigned to KPR U.S., LLC, Mansfield, MA (US)
Filed by KPR U.S., LLC, Mansfield, MA (US)
Filed on Oct. 7, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/496,536.
Application 17/496,536 is a continuation of application No. 16/275,491, filed on Feb. 14, 2019, granted, now 11,160,731.
Application 16/275,491 is a continuation of application No. 14/818,374, filed on Aug. 5, 2015, granted, now 10,251,818, issued on Apr. 9, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/036,194, filed on Aug. 12, 2014.
Prior Publication US 2022/0023153 A1, Jan. 27, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61J 15/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61J 15/0076 (2015.05) [A61J 15/0088 (2015.05); A61J 15/0092 (2013.01); A61J 2200/76 (2013.01); A61M 2240/00 (2013.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A computer-implemented method for delivering breast milk and fortifier through a pump set to an infant, the method comprising:
providing a first container of a first liquid in fluid communication directly with the pump set;
providing a second container of a second liquid in fluid communication directly with the pump set;
receiving, by a controller, information indicative of a desired nutritional requirement for an infant, wherein the information indicative of the desired nutritional requirement includes one or more of fat requirements, feeding timing requirements, requirements for specific nutritional components, and hourly, daily, or weekly caloric requirements;
determining, by the controller, a ratio of the first liquid to the second liquid for delivery to the infant based on the information indicative of desired nutrition requirement for the infant; and
commanding, by the controller, a pump of the pump set to deliver the first liquid and the second liquid directly to the infant according to the determined ratio.