Bayer Healthcare LLC

Medrad, Inc.

Bayer Medical Care Inc.

James Albert Dedig

Michael A Spohn

Kevin P Cowan

John A Haury

Ralph H Schriver

Michael J Swantner

Barry Tucker

Arthur E Uber, Iii

Herbert M Grubic

Thomas P Joyce

Christopher David Capone

Richard A Seman

Patrick Campbell

Gerald W Callan

Anthony S McCoppin

William D Barlow

Andreas Maihoefer

Edward J Rhinehart

Mark Trocki

Michael Donald McDermott

Roderick H Beaulieu

Jennie Kwo

Luis Alberto Pedraza

Ralph E Kopacko

Jaroslaw Wlodarczyk

Karen M Zelenski

Richard G Critchlow

Robert J Ashcraft, Jr

Frank A Lazzaro

David M Griffiths

Mark W Hitchins

Jerry A Stokes

Francis J Sciulli, Jr

James Fentress

Christopher Scutt

John Francis Kalafut

Robert Dale Parks

Mariano Mumpower

Keith Lipford

Michael A Riley

Jessie Delgado

Michael J Yanniello

Susan Lynn Felix

Michael J Ehrenberger

John D Shearer, Jr

William J Nolan, Jr

Matthew Schrauder

Adam Caruso

Andrew Naples

James M Gimbel

Herb Grubic

Benjamin Taggart

David H Berry

Christopher J Blue

Andrew Osan

Jared A Sunday

Glen P Williams

Arthur Uber

Chet B Larrow

James R Neill

Jonathan Robert Speicher

Brian Cain

Steven C Rygg

Adam Steege

Danica Gordon

Randy Lee

William J Nolan

Shahab Taheri

Charles J Mutschler

Abhinav Srivastava

Jaroslow Wlodarczyk

James Tirone

Katherine MacNamee

Michael Mcdermott

Nathaniel Payor

John Caswell

Linda M O'Meara

Joseph Ranaletta

Matthew McGee

Patrick B Campbell

Mirza Hyder Hussain

Michael J Ehrenberg

Gregory Johnston

Corey Savannah

Gregory J O'Donnell

Larry J Fuchs

Matthew Walker

David Orenstein

Barry L Tucker

Arthur E Uber

Arthur E Iii Uber

Joseph Ranalletta

Arthur E Uber Iii

James Gimbel

Jared Sunday

A valve assembly for a fluid injector system includes a valve housing, a first port configured for fluid communication with a fluid injector, a second port, a third port, and a fourth port configured for fluid communication with a patient line. The valve assembly includes an air detection region associated with the first port, a fluid path length having a proximal end in fluid communication with the second port and a distal end in fluid communication with the third port, and a valve element defining a first fluid path and a second fluid path. The first fluid path provides fluid communication between the first and second ports in a delivery position of the valve housing. The second fluid path provides fluid communication between the third and fourth ports in the delivery position. The third port is isolated from the fourth port in a stop position of the valve housing.

Stopcock apparatus for angiography injector fluid paths

A syringe for delivery of a medical liquid to a container has a body with proximal end, a frustoconical distal end, and a cylindrical sidewall extending between the proximal end and the distal end along a longitudinal axis. The syringe includes a nozzle at a distal portion of the frustoconical distal end of the syringe, the nozzle having a throughbore providing fluid communication between an interior volume of the syringe and a medical connector configured to be connected to the nozzle. The nozzle includes a plurality of longitudinal ribs formed on an inner surface of the nozzle. The syringe is designed so that the plurality of longitudinal ribs directs a flow of a medical fluid along an inner surface of the frustoconical distal end and along an interior surface of the cylindrical sidewall of the syringe under a Coandǎ effect. Syringe and connector assemblies and methods for reducing a number of bubbles formed in a medical fluid during a syringe filling procedure are also described.

Syringe fill adapter

A plunger for use with a syringe has a plunger body with a proximal end, a distal end, and a circumferential sidewall extending between the proximal end and the distal end along a plunger longitudinal axis. The plunger further has at least one resiliently deflectable retaining member having a first segment attached to the plunger body and a second segment protruding toward the distal end of the plunger body and deflectable relative to the first segment. The plunger further has at least one actuation member associated with the at least one resiliently deflectable retaining member. The at least one actuation member interacts with a piston to deflect the at least one resiliently deflectable retaining member upon rotation of the plunger relative to the piston. The plunger is engageable with the piston regardless of a rotational orientation of the piston relative to the plunger.

System and method for syringe plunger engagement with an injector

A fluid mixing device for mixing a first injection fluid and a second injection fluid includes a first fluid inlet, a second fluid inlet, a mixing chamber in fluid communication with the first and second fluid inlets, and an outlet port in fluid communication with the mixing chamber. The first fluid inlet is configured to conduct the first injection fluid in a first direction and has a first redirecting surface. The second fluid inlet is configured to conduct the second injection fluid in a second direction along a different axis from the first direction and has a second redirecting surface. The mixing chamber is configured to mix the first injection fluid and the second fluid together. The mixture of the first injection fluid and the second injection fluid exits the fluid mixing device via the outlet port.

Fluid mixing device and fluid delivery tube set including same

A cassette for holding fluid path components for a fluid injector may include a body defining at least one feature for holding at least one fluid path component for the fluid injector; and a connecting member for removably connecting the body of the cassette to the fluid injector, the connecting member operatively connected to the body, wherein the connecting member comprises at least one pivotable connecting feature protruding from the body, and wherein each of the at least one pivotable connecting feature is configured for removably connecting to a corresponding connecting feature receiver on the fluid injector such that the body is pivotally movable relative to the fluid injector between a first, unlatched position and a second, latched position in which the at least one fluid path component on the body of the cassette is positioned for operative connection to a corresponding feature of the fluid injector.

Cassette for retention of fluid path components for fluid injector system

A plunger for use with a syringe includes a plunger body defining a central longitudinal axis and having a proximal end, a distal end, and a circumferential sidewall connecting the proximal end and the distal end. The plunger further includes at least one retaining member associated with and extending proximally from the plunger body. The at least one retaining member has a first end connected to the plunger body, a second end proximal to the first end and radially and resiliently deflectable relative to the first end, and at least one catch on the second end. A fluid injector system includes a piston having a plunger engagement mechanism configured for interacting with the at least one retaining element of the plunger to releasably engage the plunger for reciprocally driving the plunger within a barrel of the syringe.

A fluid path connector for a medical fluid delivery system, the fluid path connector including a first connector element comprising a body, a first lumen, a first flexible leg, and a second flexible leg, and a second connector element comprising a body defining an undercut, a second lumen, a channel defined in the body, and at least one sealing element positioned within the channel, in which the first flexible leg comprises a first flange and the second flexible leg comprises a second flange, and in which, upon engagement of the first connector element with the second connector element, the first flange and the second flange engage with the undercut of the body of the second connector element to prevent disengagement of the first connector element and the second connector element.

Fluid path connectors for medical fluid delivery

An assembly for retaining a pressure jacket () and a syringe () on a fluid injector, the assembly including a base plate () comprising a body (); at least a first retaining arm () and a second retaining arm () operatively mounted on the body of the base plate, the first retaining arm having a first retaining surface at a distal end thereof and the second retaining arm having a second retaining surface at a distal end thereof, wherein the first retaining surface and the second retaining surface are configured for abutting a distal surface of at least one of the pressure jacket and the syringe; a linkage assembly operatively connected to at least one of the first retaining arm and the second retaining arm, wherein the linkage assembly is configured to move at least one of the first retaining arm and the second retaining arm between at least a first open position and a closed position.

Pressure jackets and syringe retention features for angiography fluid injectors

A fluid control valve for use in a fluid delivery system for delivering fluid to a patient includes a valve body defining an internal chamber, a first inlet port for receiving a first inlet tube, a second inlet port for receiving a second inlet tube, an outlet port, and a sliding valve member slidably disposed in the internal chamber. The first inlet tube defines a first inlet lumen axially aligned with the internal chamber. The second inlet tube defines a second inlet lumen axially aligned with the internal chamber. The sliding valve member includes a first sealing end and second sealing end. The sliding valve member is positionable in a first operating state, a second operating state, and a third operating state based on a flow differential between the first inlet lumen and the second inlet lumen.

Fluid control valve and manifold

An apparatus () for suspending air bubbles in a fluid path of a fluid injector system includes an internal chamber () having a curved interior wall () defined within the housing (), an inlet fluid pathway in fluid communication with the internal chamber, and an outlet fluid pathway in fluid communication with the internal chamber. The inlet fluid pathway extending into the chamber at a tangent to the curved interior wall, and the outlet fluid pathway spaced from the inlet fluid pathway such that fluid flowing into the internal chamber via the inlet fluid pathway is directed away from the outlet fluid pathway. The internal chamber is configured to create an internal fluid vortex in an injection fluid entering the internal chamber from the inlet fluid pathway, and wherein the internal fluid vortex at least temporarily suspends air bubbles in the fluid in the internal vortex and delays the passage of the air bubbles to the outlet fluid pathway.

In-line air bubble suspension apparatus for angiography injector fluid paths

A cap for intake and delivery of a fluid from a syringe is described. The cap includes an outer cap assembly comprising a fluid inlet path and a fluid outlet path and an inner cap assembly configured for insertion into a fluid nozzle of the syringe and to provide selective fluid communication between an interior of a syringe and the fluid inlet path or the fluid outlet path. The outer cap assembly is slidable relative to the inner cap assembly between a first filling position, where the interior of the syringe is in fluid communication with the fluid inlet path, and a second delivery position, where the interior of the syringe is in fluid communication with the fluid outlet path. Syringes including the cap are also described.

Sliding syringe cap for separate filling and delivery

Fluid mixing set

An engagement mechanism associated with a reciprocally movable piston of a fluid injector is configured for releasably engaging an engagement portion at a proximal end of a rolling diaphragm syringe having a flexible sidewall configured for rolling upon itself when acted upon by the piston. The engagement mechanism has a plurality of engagement elements reversibly and pivotally movable about a pivot pin relative to the engagement portion of the syringe between a first position, where the plurality of engagement elements are disengaged from the engagement portion of the syringe, and a second position, where the plurality of engagement elements are pivotally movable about the pivot pin in a radially inward direction to engage with the engagement portion of the syringe. The engagement mechanism further has a drive mechanism for moving the plurality of engagement elements between the first position and the second position.

Fluid injector with syringe engagement mechanism

A pressure jacket for use with a fluid injector may have a pressure jacket body having a proximal end, a distal end, and a circumferential sidewall extending between the proximal end and the distal end along a pressure jacket longitudinal axis. The pressure jacket may further have at least one resiliently deflectable retaining member having a first segment attached to the pressure jacket body and a second segment protruding from the first segment toward the distal end of the pressure jacket body and deflectable relative to the first segment. The pressure jacket may further have at least one actuation member associated with the at least one resiliently deflectable retaining member. The at least one actuation member may interact with a housing of the fluid injector when the pressure jacket is connected to the housing to deflect the at least one resiliently deflectable retaining member upon rotation of the pressure jacket.

System and method for fluid engagement with a pressure jacket and syringe cap

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James Albert Dedig