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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 23, 2012
Filed:
Jan. 15, 2010
Joan E. Spiegel, Boston, MA (US);
Alexander H. Slocum, Cambridge, MA (US);
Adrienne Watral, Lynnwood, WA (US);
Samuel Duffley, Billerica, MA (US);
Joan E. Spiegel, Boston, MA (US);
Alexander H. Slocum, Cambridge, MA (US);
Adrienne Watral, Lynnwood, WA (US);
Samuel Duffley, Billerica, MA (US);
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA (US);
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA (US);
Abstract
A syringe having an internal pressure gauge comprises a syringe barrel; a piston within the barrel; a spring coupled to the piston at a first position of the spring, the spring having a second portion that is movable in response to fluid pressure within a syringe cavity; and a pressure gauge having an indicator correlated to a plurality of positions of the second portion of the spring to indicate a pressure of a fluid. The spring can be a bellows. The fluid chamber can be in fluid communication with a cuff of an inflatable medical device, such as an endotracheal tube, such that the measured pressure comprises the fluid pressure within the cuff.