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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 21, 2015
Filed:
Sep. 19, 2013
Applicant:
Merit Medical Systems, Inc., South Jordan, UT (US);
Inventors:
Fred Lampropoulos, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Jim Mottola, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Brian Stevens, Pleasant Grove, UT (US);
Steven Weir, Sandy, UT (US);
Assignee:
Merit Medical Systems, Inc., South Jordan, UT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 25/10 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 25/10182 (2013.11); A61M 25/1018 (2013.01); A61M 25/10181 (2013.11); A61M 25/10184 (2013.11); A61M 25/10187 (2013.11); A61M 25/10188 (2013.11); Y10T 29/49815 (2015.01);
Abstract
Inflation devices and methods to inflate medical devices are disclosed. Certain embodiments enable the selective coupling of a plunger to a syringe body through manipulation of a handle. Other embodiments facilitate the generation of relatively high fluid pressures through inflation device designs that incorporate multiple plungers.