Patent ID: 8449501

Claim:
An enteral pump system for delivering medical fluids unidirectionally to a patient using a disposable fluid delivery set and an enteral feeding pump, comprising: a disposable fluid delivery set including: a disposable tubing used for medical purposes having a source end and a patient end, the source end connected to a fluid source, the patient end connected to a patient, said disposable tubing including a repeatable compression portion positioned at one or more locations along a length of the disposable tubing, said repeatable compression portion made of the disposable tubing made of PVC tubing, said repeatable compression portion is helically coiled along the disposable tubing to define a cylindrical shape having an axis, said compression portion configured for movement along the axis, said compression portion configured to pump a large volume of medical fluids per stroke along the axis; and an enteral feeding pump, including: a housing; a pump motor unit disposed within the housing configured for pumping medical fluids; a controller disposed within the housing for directing the operation of the pump motor unit to provide selective sequential compression, said controller in electrical communication with said pump motor unit; a means for repeatable compressing of said repeatable compression portion of the fluid delivery set, said means for repeatable compressing operationally connected to said pump motor unit, said means for repeatable compressing disposed within the housing, whereby the compression portion repeatably compresses along a central axis for fluid to flow unidirectionally through the fluid delivery set, when the compressing portion is in a compressed position, the fluid is forced out of the fluid delivery set through the patient end, and when the compression portion rebounds from the compressed position, fluid is drawn into the fluid delivery set through the source end.