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US 10,765,839 B2Granted
Inflation device with detachable housing and related methods
AssigneeMerit Medical Systems, Inc.
InventorsJon Davis, Prasad Weerakoon, Russell D. Heyborne
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Abstract
A syringe assembly or inflation device that includes a detachable housing. A pressure-sensing syringe assembly or inflation device can include both a syringe barrel and a housing that is coupled to the syringe barrel in a locked configuration. The inflation device can transition from the locked configuration to the unlocked configuration in which the housing is separable from the syringe barrel. Related methods are also disclosed.
Claims19
A syringe assembly comprising:
- an elongate syringe barrel defining a fluid reservoir;
- an adaptor coupled to the elongate syringe barrel;
- a housing coupled to the adaptor;
- a lock coupled to the housing;
- a pressure transducer;
- an aperture that extends through a wall of the elongate syringe barrel such that the fluid reservoir of the elongate syringe barrel is in fluid communication with the pressure transducer;
- and
- a key,
- wherein the syringe assembly is configured to transition from a locked configuration in which the lock prevents movement of the adaptor relative to the housing to an unlocked configuration in which the adaptor is free to move relative to the housing, and
- wherein the key is configured to extend through an orifice in the housing to displace the lock, thereby transitioning the syringe assembly from the locked configuration to the unlocked configuration.
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A method of separating components of a pressure-sensing inflation device, the method comprising:
- obtaining an inflation device comprising:
- an elongate syringe barrel defining a fluid reservoir;
- an adaptor coupled to the elongate syringe barrel;
- a housing coupled to the adaptor, wherein the housing at least partially encloses one or more of a circuit board and a display screen;
- a lock coupled to the housing;
- a pressure transducer;
- an aperture that extends through a wall of the elongate syringe barrel such that the fluid reservoir of the elongate syringe barrel is in fluid communication with the pressure transducer;
- and
- a key,
- wherein the inflation device is configured to transition from a locked configuration in which the lock prevents movement of the adaptor relative to the housing to an unlocked configuration in which the adaptor is free to move relative to the housing, and
- wherein the key is configured to extend through an orifice in the housing to displace the lock, thereby transitioning the syringe assembly from the locked configuration to the unlocked configuration,
- moving the key toward the lock such that the key displaces the lock;
- and
- separating the housing from the syringe barrel.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.