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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 02, 2022
Filed:
May. 01, 2019
Applicant:
Portal Instruments, Inc., Cambridge, MA (US);
Inventors:
Robert J. Dyer, Cambridge, MA (US);
Andrew Coats, Cambridge, MA (US);
Patrick Anquetil, Cambridge, MA (US);
Assignee:
Portal Instruments, Inc., Cambridge, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 5/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 5/30 (2013.01); A61M 2205/332 (2013.01); A61M 2205/3331 (2013.01); A61M 2205/50 (2013.01); A61M 2205/581 (2013.01); A61M 2205/582 (2013.01); A61M 2205/583 (2013.01);
Abstract
An active injection guide concurrently monitors surface contact and an instantaneous contact force along an injection axis of an injector in order to ensure that the injector is properly positioned on a patient before an injection can be initiated.