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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 23, 2016
Filed:
Feb. 01, 2013
Applicant:
Merit Medical Systems, Inc., South Jordan, UT (US);
Inventors:
Gregory R. McArthur, Sandy, UT (US);
Brian Stevens, Pleasant Grove, UT (US);
William Padilla, Sandy, UT (US);
Assignee:
Merit Medical Systems, Inc., South Jordan, UT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 5/00 (2006.01); A61M 5/178 (2006.01); A61M 5/31 (2006.01); A61M 39/22 (2006.01); A61B 6/00 (2006.01); A61M 5/315 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 5/007 (2013.01); A61M 5/178 (2013.01); A61M 5/1782 (2013.01); A61B 6/481 (2013.01); A61B 6/504 (2013.01); A61M 5/3134 (2013.01); A61M 5/3137 (2013.01); A61M 5/31551 (2013.01); A61M 5/31555 (2013.01); A61M 2005/3114 (2013.01); A61M 2039/224 (2013.01); A61M 2202/0225 (2013.01);
Abstract
Disclosed herein are various embodiments of devices, systems and methods for the delivery of carbon dioxide (CO) as a contrast agent for angiography. The COdelivery device can include a syringe and a shuttle valve assembly in fluid communication with the syringe, such that the shuttle valve can be disposed in a first position to pressurize the syringe with CO, and a second position to deliver a bolus of COto a subject.