# US 2019/0167892 A1 · Pneumatic Vibrational Injection Apparatus > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2019/0167892 A1 - Document ID: US20190167892A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 16/241,019 - Filed: 2019-01-07 - Published: 2019-06-06 - Earliest claimed: 2015-09-30 - Inventors: Simeon Wall, JR.; Daniel A. Del Vecchio - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20190167892A1 ## CPC - A61M 1/77: {Suction-irrigation systems (aspiration tips supplying fluids A61M1/85; specific for negative pressure wound therapy A61M1/92; combined with tracheal tubes A61M16/0463)} - A61M 3/0275: {Pulsating jets; Vibrating nozzles} - A61M 3/0283: {with at least two inner passageways, a first one for irrigating and a second for evacuating (suction-irrigation systems A61M1/77; aspiration tips with fluid supply means A61M1/85; for negative pressure wound therapy A61M1/92)} - A61M 5/14212: {Pumping with an aspiration and an expulsion action} - A61M 1/774: {Handpieces specially adapted for providing suction as well as irrigation, either simultaneously or independently} - A61M 1/89: {Suction aspects of liposuction (surgical cutting instruments A61B17/32)} - A61M 2209/084: Supporting bases, stands for equipment - 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)} ## Abstract A pneumatic vibrational injection apparatus suitable for use in a system for removal, delivery and/or transplantation of body tissues and other substances in medical procedures may include an apparatus housing having an air inlet chamber, an air outlet chamber, a connecting chamber connecting the air outlet chamber and the air inlet chamber and an injection chamber disposed between the air inlet chamber and the air outlet chamber. An injection nozzle may be disposed in fluid communication with the injection chamber. An injection cannula may be disposed in fluid communication with the injection nozzle. An inlet transducer wheel and an outlet transducer wheel may be mounted for rotation in the air inlet chamber and the air outlet chamber, respectively, of the apparatus housing. A vibration transducer may be disposed in physical contact with the inlet transducer wheel and the outlet transducer wheel. The injection nozzle may be disposed in physical contact with the vibration transducer. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A pneumatic vibrational injection apparatus comprising: an apparatus housing including: an air inlet chamber; an air outlet chamber; a connecting chamber connecting the air outlet chamber and the air inlet chamber; and an injection chamber disposed between the air inlet chamber and the air outlet chamber; an injection nozzle disposed in fluid communication with the injection chamber; an injection cannula disposed in fluid communication with the injection nozzle; an inlet transducer wheel and an outlet transducer wheel mounted for rotation in the air inlet chamber and the air outlet chamber, respectively, of the apparatus housing; and a vibration transducer disposed in physical contact with the inlet transducer wheel and the outlet transducer wheel, the injection nozzle disposed in physical contact with the vibration transducer. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The pneumatic vibrational injection apparatus of claim 1 further comprising a compressed air source disposed in pneumatic communication with the air inlet chamber and the air outlet chamber. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The pneumatic vibrational injection apparatus of claim 1 further comprising a pump disposed in fluid communication with the injection chamber of the apparatus housing. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The pneumatic vibrational injection apparatus of claim 1 wherein the vibration transducer comprises an inlet transducer arm extending from the inlet transducer wheel, an outlet transducer arm extending from the outlet transducer wheel and a transducer bridge extending between the inlet transducer arm and the outlet transducer arm. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The pneumatic vibrational injection apparatus of claim 1 wherein the inlet transducer wheel and the outlet transducer wheel are mounted for rotation in the air inlet chamber and the air outlet chamber, respectively, of the apparatus housing via respective wheel axles. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The pneumatic vibrational injection apparatus of claim 5 wherein each of the inlet transducer wheel and the outlet transducer wheel comprises a pair of spaced-apart transducer wheel disks and a plurality of transducer wheel blades extending in radial orientation from each corresponding one of the wheel axles outwardly between the transducer wheel disks in spaced-apart relationship to each other and around the circumference of the corresponding inlet transducer wheel and outlet transducer wheel. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The pneumatic vibrational injection apparatus of claim 6 further comprising an inlet air flow director in the air inlet chamber of the apparatus housing upstream of the inlet transducer wheel relative to a direction of flow of air through the apparatus housing, the inlet air flow director directs air flowing through the air inlet chamber against the transducer wheel blades of the inlet transducer wheel such that the inlet transducer wheel rotates in the air inlet chamber. ### Claim 8 (depends on 6) The pneumatic vibrational injection apparatus of claim 6 further comprising an outlet air flow director in the air outlet chamber of the apparatus housing upstream of the outlet transducer wheel relative to a direction of flow of air through the apparatus housing, the outlet air flow director directs air flowing through the air outlet chamber against the transducer wheel blades of the outlet transducer wheel such that the outlet transducer wheel rotates in the air outlet chamber. ### Claim 9 A pneumatic vibrational injection apparatus, comprising: an apparatus housing including: an air inlet chamber; an air outlet chamber; a connecting chamber connecting the air outlet chamber and the air inlet chamber; and an injection chamber disposed between the air inlet chamber and the air outlet chamber; an injection nozzle disposed in fluid communication with the injection chamber; an injection cannula disposed in fluid communication with the injection nozzle; an inlet transducer wheel and an outlet transducer wheel mounted for rotation in the air inlet chamber and the air outlet chamber, respectively, of the apparatus housing; a vibration transducer disposed in physical contact with the inlet transducer wheel and the outlet transducer wheel, the injection nozzle disposed in physical contact with the vibration transducer; a compressed air source disposed in pneumatic communication with the air inlet chamber and the air outlet chamber of the apparatus housing; a pump disposed in fluid communication with the injection chamber of the apparatus housing of the apparatus housing; and a dispensing canister disposed in fluid communication with the pump. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The pneumatic vibrational injection apparatus of claim 9 wherein the vibration transducer comprises an inlet transducer arm extending from the inlet transducer wheel, an outlet transducer arm extending from the outlet transducer wheel and a transducer bridge extending between the inlet transducer arm and the outlet transducer arm. ### Claim 11 (depends on 9) The pneumatic vibrational injection apparatus of claim 9 wherein the inlet transducer wheel and the outlet transducer wheel are mounted for rotation in the air inlet chamber and the air outlet chamber, respectively, of the apparatus housing via respective wheel axles. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The pneumatic vibrational injection apparatus of claim 11 wherein each of the inlet transducer wheel and the outlet transducer wheel comprises a pair of spaced-apart transducer wheel disks and a plurality of transducer wheel blades extending in radial orientation from each corresponding one of the wheel axles outwardly between the transducer wheel disks in spaced-apart relationship to each other and around the circumference of the corresponding inlet transducer wheel and outlet transducer wheel. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The pneumatic vibrational injection apparatus of claim 12 further comprising an inlet air flow director in the air inlet chamber of the apparatus housing upstream of the inlet transducer wheel relative to a direction of flow of air through the apparatus housing, the inlet air flow director directs air flowing through the air inlet chamber against the transducer wheel blades of the inlet transducer wheel such that the inlet transducer wheel rotates in the air inlet chamber. ### Claim 14 (depends on 12) The pneumatic vibrational injection apparatus of claim 12 further comprising an outlet air flow director in the air outlet chamber of the apparatus housing upstream of the outlet transducer wheel relative to a direction of flow of air through the apparatus housing, the outlet air flow director directs air flowing through the air outlet chamber against the transducer wheel blades of the outlet transducer wheel such that the outlet transducer wheel rotates in the air outlet chamber. ### Claim 15 (depends on 9) The pneumatic vibrational injection apparatus of claim 9 wherein the dispensing canister comprises a canister wall having a canister wall bottom edge and a canister wall top edge; a canister bottom panel on the canister wall bottom edge of the canister wall, the canister bottom panel having a beveled, sloped or slanted orientation; and at least one dispensing spigot disposed in fluid communication with the dispensing canister at a lowest portion of the canister bottom panel. ### Claim 16 A pneumatic vibrational injection apparatus, comprising: an apparatus housing including: an air inlet chamber; an air outlet chamber, a connecting chamber connecting the air outlet chamber and the air inlet chamber; and an injection chamber disposed between the air inlet chamber and the air outlet chamber; an injection nozzle disposed in fluid communication with the injection chamber; an injection cannula disposed in fluid communication with the injection nozzle; an inlet transducer wheel and an outlet transducer wheel mounted for rotation in the air inlet chamber and the air outlet chamber, respectively, of the apparatus housing via respective wheel axles; a vibration transducer including: an inlet transducer arm extending from the inlet transducer wheel; an outlet transducer arm extending from the outlet transducer wheel; and a transducer bridge extending between the inlet transducer arm and the outlet transducer arm; a compressed air source disposed in pneumatic communication with the air inlet chamber and the air outlet chamber of the apparatus housing; a pump disposed in fluid communication with the injection chamber of the apparatus housing of the apparatus housing; and a dispensing canister disposed in fluid communication with the pump. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) The pneumatic vibrational injection apparatus of claim 16 wherein each of the inlet transducer wheel and the outlet transducer wheel comprises a pair of spaced-apart transducer wheel disks and a plurality of transducer wheel blades extending in radial orientation from each corresponding one of the wheel axles outwardly between the transducer wheel disks in spaced-apart relationship to each other and around the circumference of the corresponding inlet transducer wheel and outlet transducer wheel. ### Claim 18 (depends on 17) The pneumatic vibrational injection apparatus of claim 17 further comprising an inlet air flow director in the air inlet chamber of the apparatus housing upstream of the inlet transducer wheel relative to a direction of flow of air through the apparatus housing, the inlet air flow director directs air flowing through the air inlet chamber against the transducer wheel blades of the inlet transducer wheel such that the inlet transducer wheel rotates in the air inlet chamber. ### Claim 19 (depends on 17) The pneumatic vibrational injection apparatus of claim 17 further comprising an outlet air flow director in the air outlet chamber of the apparatus housing upstream of the outlet transducer wheel relative to a direction of flow of air through the apparatus housing, the outlet air flow director directs air flowing through the air outlet chamber against the transducer wheel blades of the outlet transducer wheel such that the outlet transducer wheel rotates in the air outlet chamber. ### Claim 20 (depends on 16) The pneumatic vibrational injection apparatus of claim 16 wherein the dispensing canister comprises a canister wall having a canister wall bottom edge and a canister wall top edge; a canister bottom panel on the canister wall bottom edge of the canister wall, the canister bottom panel having a beveled, sloped or slanted orientation; and at least one dispensing spigot disposed in fluid communication with the dispensing canister at a lowest portion of the canister bottom panel.