ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,427,094, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to KPR U.S. LLC (Mansfield, Mass.).

"Enteral feeding bag and pump support" was invented by Benjamin Harris (Plainville, Mass.), Joel Wiesner (O'Fallon, Mo.), Jeffrey Markwardt (Maryland Heights, Mo.), Wayne Biermann (St. Charles, Mo.) and Kenneth Breitweiser (Brighton, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An enteral feeding bag support system for use in a medical environment to suspend a medical bag above a surface includes a base including a support portion for supporting the support on the support surface, and an attachment portion for removably attaching a medical device to the support. A pole...