Graphic Controls Corporation

Joseph Pelensky

James R Hubbard

David M DiSabito

John J Scanlon

William A Tallerico

Erdman Charles A

Niles Kin

Geoffrey B Boulden

A disposable blood pressure transducer system for use with a catheter with or without a catheter flush/flow valve. The transducer housing has both electrical and fluid connections, with the electrical connections being protected from contamination by fluid.

Disposable pressure transducer for use with a catheter

A disposable marker apparatus for use with low torque recorders includes a bifurcated body with two separate ink reservoirs in the first and second body segments interconnected by a connector segment. The connector segment includes an ink transmitting member. A stylus tube extends from the body. A pivot member is provided to engage an associate pivot support outwardly from said pen body. A substantial portion of the mass of the marker is below the connector segment and the pivot member. The result is a marker having a center of gravity below the pivot so that the swinging marker tends to stabilize after disturbance due to vibration or rapid marker excursion.

Pens for low torque chart recorders

Catheter patency flow-flush controller comprising push-button valve mechanism with fast flow flush path surrounding the valve member, normally closed by a valve element and valve seat interposed between the inlet and outlet of the internal passageway of the controller by a coil spring located external of the internal passageway, the coil spring also compressively retaining a resilient seal at all times about the entry way through which the valve plunger enters the controller internal passageway. Preferably, the valve member push-button actuator includes a top cap member with dependent skirt which serves also as an alignment guide during valve movement by sliding engagement with an upwardly open skirt associated with the controller housing. Other features of the invention are also disclosed and claimed.

Catheter patency flush flow controller

Recording instrument marker mounting assembly is provided so that the marker can be pivoted relative to a mounting leg of the assembly which mounting leg is to be connected to an operating shaft of the recording instrument. In this manner, the lateral position of the marker can be adjusted relative to the recorder paper or chart which is to be imprinted upon. The mounting assembly comprises a mounting leg to be connected with the operating shaft, a cam connecting a marker support arm and the mounting leg, and cam follower means positioned on the support arm. Pivotal movement of the support arm relative to the mounting leg is actuated by rotation of the cam. In a preferred embodiment of the invention, the cam is formed integrally with a manually engageable precision adjustment knob, which includes a notch or the like so that the operator may gauge the position of the marker relative to the mounting leg.

Recording instrument marker mounting assembly and precision adjustment

An instrument marker holder clip is provided for positioning and retaining an instrument marker of the type having a hinged member adapted to engage and lock against a portion of the marker body. The clip comprises an elongated band with a decreased width portion formed therein between the forward and rearward band ends. The hinged member of the marker is locked around this decreased width portion and reliably positioned against the edge features thereof.

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Philadelphia, PA, United States of America

Joseph Pelensky