# US 11,992,648 B2 · Infusion line systems > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 11,992,648 B2 - Document ID: US11992648B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 18/120,935 - Filed: 2023-03-13 - Published: 2023-09-21 - Granted: 2024-05-28 - Earliest claimed: 2016-06-24 - Assignees: Orion Innovations Inc. - Applicants: Orion Innovations Inc. - Inventors: Wayne A. Provost; Jeffrey D. Stewart - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11992648B2 ## CPC - A61M 5/14: Infusion devices, e.g. infusing by gravity; Blood infusion; Accessories therefor - A61M 39/10: Tube connectors or tube couplings - G02B 6/0006: {Coupling light into the fibre (in general G02B6/4298)} - G06F 21/35: communicating wirelessly - A61M 2205/587: Lighting arrangements - A61M 2205/6081: Colour codes - G02B 6/001: {the light being emitted along at least a portion of the lateral surface of the fibre} - A61M: DEVICES FOR INTRODUCING MEDIA INTO, OR ONTO, THE BODY (introducing media into or onto the bodies of animals A61D7/00; means for inserting tampons A61F13/26; devices for administering food or medicines orally A61J; containers for collecting, storing or administering blood or medical fluids A61J1/05); DEVICES FOR TRANSDUCING BODY MEDIA OR FOR TAKING MEDIA FROM THE BODY (surgery A61B; chemical aspects of surgical articles A61L); DEVICES FOR PRODUCING OR ENDING SLEEP OR STUPOR {(Electrotherapy, e.g. producing anaesthesia by the use of alternating or intermittent currents A61N1/36021)} - G02B: OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) ## 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. ## Claims ### Claim 1 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. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The IV infusion line assembly of claim 1, wherein the optical member is affixed to the elongated member without clips or clamps. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The IV infusion line assembly of claim 1, wherein the optical member is configured to transmit light through a sidewall of the optical member. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The IV infusion line assembly of claim 1, the optical member including one or more diffraction optical elements (DOEs) thereon, the one or more DOEs being configured to in-couple a light into the optical member. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The IV infusion line assembly of claim 1, wherein the optical member and the elongated member are additionally affixed to one another with one or more clips or clamps. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) An IV-line identification system, the IV-line identification system comprising: the IV infusion line assembly of claim 1; and a light source selectively couplable to the optical member and configured to provide light to the optical member. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The IV-line identification system of claim 6, wherein the light source is selectively attachable to the elongated member. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The IV infusion line assembly of claim 1, wherein the optical member is affixed along the outer surface of the longitudinal length of the elongated member. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The IV infusion line assembly of claim 1, wherein the optical member is affixed along the interior surface of the longitudinal length of the elongated member. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The IV infusion line assembly of claim 1, wherein the optical member is additionally affixed to the elongated member by an adhesive. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The IV infusion line assembly of claim 1, wherein the optical member is breakably affixed along the longitudinal length of the elongated member. ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) The IV infusion line assembly of claim 1, wherein substantially an entire length of the optical member is affixed to the elongated member. ### Claim 13 (depends on 1) The IV infusion line assembly of claim 1, wherein a portion of the optical member between a first end of the optical member and a second end of the optical member is not affixed to the elongated member. ### Claim 14 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. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The IV infusion line assembly of claim 14, wherein the optical member is configured to transmit light through a sidewall of the optical member. ### Claim 16 (depends on 14) The IV infusion line assembly of claim 14, the optical member including one or more diffraction optical elements (DOEs) thereon, the one or more DOEs being configured to in-couple a light into the optical member. ### Claim 17 (depends on 14) The IV infusion line assembly of claim 14, wherein the optical member is additionally affixed to the elongated member by an adhesive. ### Claim 18 (depends on 14) The IV infusion line assembly of claim 14, wherein the optical member is breakably affixed along the longitudinal length of the elongated member. ### Claim 19 (depends on 14) An IV-line identification system, the IV-line identification system comprising: the IV infusion line assembly of claim 14; and a light source selectively couplable to the optical member and configured to provide light to the optical member. ### Claim 20 (depends on 19) The IV-line identification system of claim 19, wherein the light source is selectively attachable to the elongated member.