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US 2010/0160867 A1Published application
Apparatus and method to inject fluids into bone marrow and other target sites
AssigneeVidacare Corporation
InventorsLarry J. Miller, David S. Bolleter, Charles M. Schwimmer, Robert A. Wilk
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Abstract
Apparatus for delivering a quantity of fluid to bone marrow of a bone or providing access to remove fluids from a target site is provided. The apparatus may include a driver, a plunger operating and cartridge assembly mechanism, a cartridge assembly having a fluid reservoir and a bone penetrating needle.
Claims10
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A cartridge assembly for delivering a quantity of medication to bone marrow of a bone comprising:
- a fluid reservoir having a first end and a second end;
- a hollow, bone penetrating needle engaged with the first end of the fluid reservoir;
- a plunger assembly including a piston and a plunger shaft attached to the piston;
- the piston slidably disposed in the fluid reservoir;
- a portion of the plunger shaft extending from the second end of the fluid reservoir;
- a drive connector attached to the second end of the fluid reservoir opposite from the bone penetrating needle;
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- the drive connector operable to rotate the cartridge assembly in response to rotation of the drive connector by an associated drive housing.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.