Patent ID: 6537244
Filing Date: 2003-03-25
Classification: A61J,A61M

Abstract:
Apparatus for delivering fluids to a recipient comprising:an oral dispenser interconnected to a first end of a fluid delivery tube wherein said oral dispenser includes means for providing identifying information that specifies at least one of a type of said oral dispenser and a mode in which said oral dispenser is to operate; said fluid delivery tube having a second end interconnected with a pumping station so as to transport a fluid supplied by said pumping station to said oral dispenser; and said pumping station having a fluid pump with controllable pumping characteristics for supplying said fluid through said fluid delivery tube to said oral dispenser, wherein said pumping station includes means for automatically obtaining said identifying information directly from said oral dispenser and, in response to said identifying information, adjusts said controllable pumping characteristics of said fluid pump so as to controllably deliver said fluid to said recipient in a predefined manner appropriate for said oral dispenser.