Flow control valves for leakage detection, free-flow prevention and occlusion detection
AssigneeRoche Diagnostics International AG
InventorOliver Shergold
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Abstract
An injection device for injecting a fluid into an organism, in particular a human or animal body, which can comprise a fluid providing section including a container for storing the fluid and a supply means for supplying the fluid. The fluid injecting section for injecting the fluid provided by the fluid providing section into the organism includes a catheter means and is characterized by the fluid injecting section being provided with a pressure recognition arrangement which can be located close to and/or in the catheter means for detecting a pressure increase and/or a pressure loss.
Claims17
An injection device for injecting a fluid into an organism the injection device comprising:
- a fluid providing section including a container for storing the fluid and a supply means for supplying the fluid;
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- a fluid injecting section for injecting the fluid provided by the fluid providing section into the organism and includes a catheter means, wherein
- the fluid injecting section is provided with a pressure recognition arrangement located at least close to the catheter means for detecting at least one of a pressure increase and a pressure loss.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.