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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 30, 2014
Filed:
Mar. 03, 2008
Applicants:
Durward I. Faries, Jr., McLean, VA (US);
Bruce Heymann, Vienna, VA (US);
Calvin Blankenship, Centreville, VA (US);
George T. Dubose, Jr., High View, WV (US);
Inventors:
Durward I. Faries, Jr., McLean, VA (US);
Bruce Heymann, Vienna, VA (US);
Calvin Blankenship, Centreville, VA (US);
George T. DuBose, Jr., High View, WV (US);
Assignee:
Medical Solutions, Inc., Chantilly, VA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/70 (2006.01); A61M 5/148 (2006.01); A61M 5/44 (2006.01); A61M 5/142 (2006.01); A61M 5/168 (2006.01); A61M 5/172 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 5/148 (2013.01); A61M 5/1483 (2013.01); A61M 5/44 (2013.01); A61M 5/445 (2013.01); A61M 5/1424 (2013.01); A61M 5/1689 (2013.01); A61M 5/172 (2013.01); A61M 2205/3368 (2013.01); A61M 2205/3653 (2013.01); A61M 2209/04 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method and apparatus for pressure infusion and temperature control of infused liquids including an infrared sensing device mounted proximate a drip chamber to ascertain drip count. The infrared sensing device having particular features such as emission and detection window shapes, arrangement of emission and detection windows and different numbers of emitters and detectors.