Patent ID: 6752779
Filing Date: 2004-06-22
Classification: A61J,A61M

Abstract:
Apparatus for delivering fluids to a recipient comprising:an oral dispenser in fluid communication with a first end of a fluid delivery tube wherein said oral dispenser comprises contact areas which provide information to complementary contact areas located on said first end of said fluid delivery tube so as to transfer said information, and wherein a second end of said fluid delivery tube connects to a pumping station for transferring said information to said pumping station, wherein said information specifies (i) at least one of a type of said oral dispenser, and (ii) a mode in which said oral dispenser is to operate; said second end of said fluid delivery tube be being interconnected with said pumping station so as to transport a fluid supplied by said pumping station to said oral dispenser; and said pumping station including means for automatically obtaining said information directly from said oral dispenser and, in response to said information, controllably adjust said fluid pump so as to deliver said fluid to said recipient in a predefined manner appropriate for said oral dispenser.