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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 10, 2015
Filed:
Feb. 13, 2013
Applicant:
Becton, Dickinson and Company, Franklin Lakes, NJ (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
Becton, Dickinson and Company, Franklin Lakes, NJ (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 1/00 (2006.01); A61M 5/38 (2006.01); A61M 5/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 5/38 (2013.01); A61M 5/1411 (2013.01);
Abstract
A drip chamber having an upper reservoir that is separated from a lower reservoir via a filter assembly, wherein a distance between the filter assembly and a bottom surface of the drip chamber is selected to prevent dislodged air bubbles of the filter assembly from being drawn into an intravenous fluid line that is coupled to the bottom surface of the drip chamber, during an infusion procedure.