Devices and methods for a retainer adapter assembly
AssigneeRegeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
InventorsChristopher HUNTER, Connor BLOCK
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Abstract
An adapter assembly that includes a housing, a channel formed within the housing that is configured to receive a medical device, a first groove formed along an interior wall of the channel that is configured to at least partially receive a first retaining element, and a second groove formed along the interior wall of the channel that is configured to at least partially receive a second retaining element. The first retaining element is configured to extend outward from the first groove and the second retaining element is configured to extend outward from the second groove, such that the first and second retaining elements abut against the medical device received through the channel.
Claims20
An adapter assembly, comprising:
- a housing including:
- a channel formed within the housing, and configured to receive a medical device;
- a first groove formed along an interior wall of the channel, and configured to at least partially receive a first retaining element;
- and
- a second groove formed along the interior wall of the channel, and configured to at least partially receive a second retaining element;
- wherein the first retaining element is configured to extend outward from the first groove and the second retaining element is configured to extend outward from the second groove, such that each of the first retaining element and the second retaining element abuts against a body of the medical device that is received through the channel.
An adapter assembly, comprising:
- a housing including:
- a channel configured to receive a portion of a medical device;
- a pair of grooves formed along an interior wall of the channel, wherein each of the pair of grooves are longitudinally offset from one another along the interior wall;
- and
- a pair of retaining elements, wherein each of the pair of retaining elements is at least partially received within at least one of the pair of grooves;
- and
- wherein the pair of retaining elements is configured to extend outward from the pair of channels and into the channel, thereby interfacing with the portion of the medical device received through the channel.
A method for holding a medical device with an adapter assembly, comprising:
- inserting the medical device through a channel of the adapter assembly, the channel including a pair of grooves separated from one another along a longitudinal length of the channel and at least one retaining element received within each of the pair of grooves for suspending the medical device inside the channel;
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- positioning an alignment mechanism of the adapter assembly in a first position to impede movement of the medical device relative to the channel by engaging a portion of the medical device;
- and
- positioning the alignment mechanism of the adapter assembly in a second position to allow movement of the medical device relative to the channel by disengaging the portion of the medical device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.