Patent ID: 8377000

Claim:
An enteral feeding apparatus comprising: a pump system including a bearing surface, a platen and a retainer mounted on the platen, the retainer having a first engagement member; and a feeding set including a cassette and a lumen attached to the cassette, the lumen having a peristalsis loop for extending around the bearing surface, the cassette having a second engagement member adapted for engagement with the first engagement member of the retainer to thereby secure the cassette to the pump system, the lumen being in tension upon securement of the cassette to the pump system such that the second engagement member of the cassette is urged by the tension in the lumen in a direction of urging into engagement with the first engagement member of the retainer, the first engagement member of the retainer including a first engagement surface being at least in part sloped relative to the direction of urging of the second engagement member into engagement with the first engagement member, the second engagement member being engageable with the sloped first engagement surface upon urging of the second engagement member into engagement with the first engagement member.