The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
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:
Aug. 04, 1987
Filed:
Apr. 12, 1983
Applicant:
Inventors:
Philip N Sawyer, Brooklyn, NY (US);
Joseph F Fitzgerald, Queens, NY (US);
Assignee:
Interface Biomedical Laboratories Corporation, Brooklyn, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
604123 ; 604151 ; 604247 ; 604250 ; 128D / ; 251-5 ; 137843 ;
Abstract
An intravenous system is provided which includes a source of intravenous fluid, a needle or catheter for insertion into the vascular system of a patient, a pump for pumping the intravenous fluid via the needle or catheter into the patient and catheters coupling the pump to the source and to the needle. The pump includes an arrangement to terminate pumping upon an opening upon one of the catheters to ambient atmosphere. A flow control is provided in at least one of the catheters to prevent movement of air through the corresponding catheters into the patient.