Patent ID: 7172085
Filing Date: 2007-02-06
Classification: A61J

Abstract:
1. A squeezable feeding device for feeding an ingestible liquid to a patient, the feeding device comprising: a) a squeezable bottle portion for holding the ingestible liquid therewithin, the bottle portion comprising an opening at its top surrounded by a neck; and b) a cap assembly comprising: flexible fluid-flow tubing, a separate spout or nipple assembly, and a detachable collar, an upper portion of the spout or nipple assembly being insertable through a central aperture in the collar, the flexible tubing having a first end in fluid communication with the bottle portion and a second end insertable in the patient's mouth, the flexible tubing extending through a central aperture in the spout or nipple assembly, the collar extending in a downward direction over the neck of the bottle portion, an interior portion of the collar being engagable with an exterior portion of the neck; and further comprising a separate flared tubing section at a lower end of the flexible tubing, the flared tubing section comprising a central aperture that is wider at a base of the flared tubing section than at an opposite, upper end of the flared tubing section, the flexible tubing being insertable through the flared tubing section aperture, the diameter of the aperture at the upper end of the flared tubing section closely corresponding to an outer diameter of the flexible tubing.