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US 10,555,696 B2Granted
Device for maintaining a user's vein in position and device for puncturing or injecting into a user's vein
AssigneeBee Healthcare
InventorsAliaume Breteau, Adrien Balp, Pauline Guyot, Arnaud Navarro, Maxime Sabouret
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Abstract
A device to maintain a user's vein in position includes at least two branches separated by a gap of width greater than the size of the vein. A positioner to position the branches around the vein. The device can additionally includes a heater to heat at least one branch and a controller to control the heater. The device can further include a cooler to cool at least one branch and the controller is configured to activate the cooler.
Claims14
A device for puncturing or injection into a user's vein, comprising:
- a device to maintain a user's vein in position, comprising at least two branches separated by a gap of width greater than a size of the user's vein, means for rotating the branches and an arm configured to move in translation along three axes, the means for rotating the branches and to position the branches around the user's vein;
- a sensor to capture an infrared image of the user's arm;
- a detector to detect a vein in the captured infrared image;
- a transmitter to transmit a location of the detected vein;
- the arm configured to position automatically the branches around the user's vein being controlled according to the location of the detected vein;
- a needle;
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- a motor to position an extremity of the needle in the detected vein between the branches.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.