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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 05, 2019
Filed:
Mar. 26, 2014
Applicant:
L.o.m. Laboratories Inc., Vancouver, CA;
Inventors:
Allan Andersen, Johnston, IA (US);
Lionel Stuart Matthews, Calgary, CA;
Scott E. Castanon, Carlsbad, CA (US);
Assignee:
L.O.M. Laboratories Inc., Vancouver, CA;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 5/32 (2006.01); B33Y 80/00 (2015.01); A61M 5/20 (2006.01); A61M 5/31 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 5/3234 (2013.01); A61M 5/2053 (2013.01); B33Y 80/00 (2014.12); A61M 2005/312 (2013.01); A61M 2205/8225 (2013.01); A61M 2207/00 (2013.01);
Abstract
A gas release cell for use with pneumatically actuated sharps-containing medical devices. The gas release cell has a rigid outer shell and a sealing membrane sealingly engaged with the rigid outer shell. A compressed propellant is retained within the gas release cell by the sealing membrane, and the sealing membrane is rupturable to actuate the medical device by releasing compressed propellant from the gas release cell.