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US 11,992,648 B2Granted
Infusion line systems
AssigneeOrion Innovations Inc.
InventorsWayne A. Provost, Jeffrey D. Stewart
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Abstract
An IV-line identification system to enable ready identification of an IV line and its associated fluid source and output from other IV lines with their fluid sources and outputs. The IV-line identification system includes an optical member affixed along a longitudinal length of an elongated member that transmits light when a light source provides a light to the optical member.
Claims20
An intravenous (IV) infusion line assembly, comprising:
- an elongated member having a fluid conduit for administering therapeutic fluid to a patient, the fluid conduit configured to provide fluid communication between a first end of the elongated member and a second end of the elongated member;
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- an optical member disposed along a longitudinal length of the elongated member, wherein the optical member is at least partially optically transmissive to light passed within the optical member,
- wherein the optical member and the elongated member are affixed to one another by a bond formed by partial melting of the elongated member, the optical member, or both,
- wherein the optical member is affixed along an outer surface or an interior surface of the longitudinal length of the elongated member.
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An intravenous (IV) infusion line assembly, comprising:
- an elongated member having a fluid conduit for administering therapeutic fluid to a patient, the fluid conduit configured to provide fluid communication between a first end of the elongated member and a second end of the elongated member;
- and
- an optical member disposed along a longitudinal length of the elongated member, wherein the optical member is at least partially optically transmissive to light passed within the optical member,
- wherein the optical member and the elongated member are affixed to one another by a bond formed by partial melting of the elongated member, the optical member, or both,
- wherein the optical member is affixed along an outer surface or an interior surface of the longitudinal length of the elongated member,
- wherein the optical member is affixed to the elongated member without clips or clamps, and
- wherein substantially an entire length of the optical member is affixed to the elongated member.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.