ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 29 -- United States Patent no. 12,208,064, issued on Jan. 28, was assigned to Avent Inc. (Alpharetta, Ga.).
"Polyurethane bonding skeleton for feeding tube device" was invented by Michael A. Kenowski (Alpharetta, Ga.), James M. Takeuchi (Alpharetta, Ga.) and Curry B. Sandven (Cumming, Ga.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A feeding tube port for use in connection with an enteral feeding system is provided. The feeding tube port includes an inner core made of a first material and an over-layer made of a second material. The over-layer at least partially encloses the inner core, such that the inner core is configured to resist separation from the over-layer. In some aspects, ...