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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 26, 2022
Filed:
Aug. 28, 2019
Applicant:
GE Precision Healthcare Llc, Wauwatosa, WI (US);
Inventor:
David A. Nelson, Florence, SC (US);
Assignee:
GE Precision Healthcare LLC, Wauwatosa, WI (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 33/32 (2006.01); F16K 17/40 (2006.01); G01R 33/28 (2006.01); G01R 33/38 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16K 13/04 (2013.01); G01R 33/288 (2013.01); G01R 33/3804 (2013.01);
Abstract
A system for rupturing a vacuum in a medical imaging device. The system includes a vacuum plug attached to the medical imaging device and configured to retain a vacuum in the medical imaging device. A puncture tool is configured to puncture the vacuum plug to rupture the vacuum in the medical imaging machine. A puncture tool retainer removably couples the puncture tool to the medical imaging device.