Front loading medical injector and syringe for use therewith

A syringe for use with an injector having a housing comprising at least one retaining flange for supporting the syringe and containing a motor operable to drive a piston, a sensor associated with the housing and a control unit in communication with the sensor and the motor, the syringe comprising:

• a body having a front end and a rear end, an injection section connected to the front end and at least one mounting flange associated therewith;
• a plunger disposed within said body and operable to be driven by the piston of the injector;
• and
• an encoding device associated with said body and providing syringe information,
• whereby the sensor is operable to read the syringe information provided by said encoding device as the at least one mounting flange is rotated to cause engagement with the at least one retaining flange to operably engage the syringe with the injector and to forward the syringe information to the control unit, the control unit operable to receive the syringe information from the sensor and to control the motor of the injector based on the syringe information.

An apparatus for injecting liquid media, the apparatus comprising, in combination, an injector and a syringe:

• wherein the injector comprises:
• a housing comprising at least one retaining flange for supporting the syringe and containing a motor operable to drive a piston, the piston positioned to engage a plunger disposed within the syringe;
• a sensor associated with the housing;
• and
• a control unit in communication with the sensor and the motor;
• wherein the syringe comprises:
• a body having a front end and a rear end, an injection section connected to the front end and at least one mounting flange associated therewith;
• a plunger disposed within the body and operable to be driven by the piston of the injector;
• and
• an encoding device associated with the body and providing syringe information;
• whereby the sensor is operable to read the syringe information provided by the encoding device as the at least one mounting flange is rotated to cause engagement with the at least one retaining flange to operably engage the syringe with the injector and to forward the syringe information to the control unit, the control unit operable to receive the syringe information from the sensor and to control the motor of the injector based on the syringe information.

A syringe for use with an injector having a housing comprising at least one retaining flange for supporting the syringe and containing a motor operable to drive a piston, a sensor associated with the housing and a control unit in communication with the sensor and the motor, the syringe comprising:

• a body having a front end and a rear end and an injection section connected to the front end;
• a plunger disposed within said body and operable to be driven by the piston of the injector;
• at least one mounting flange associated with the rear end of said body;
• and
• an encoding device associated with said body and providing syringe information,
• whereby the sensor is operable to read the syringe information provided by said encoding device as said at least one mounting flange associated with said body is rotated to cause engagement with the at least one retaining flange on the injector housing to operably engage the syringe with the injector and to forward the syringe information to the control unit, the control unit operable to receive the syringe information from the sensor and to control the motor of the injector based on the syringe information.

An injector for use with an encoding device providing syringe information, the injector comprising:

• a housing comprising at least one retaining flange and containing a motor operable to drive a piston;
• a sensor associated with said housing for reading syringe information provided by the encoding device, said sensor operable to read the syringe information as the encoding device is rotated to cause engagement with the at least one retaining flange on said housing;
• and
• a control unit in communication with said sensor and the motor, said control unit operable to receive the syringe information from said sensor and to control the motor based on the syringe information.

A syringe for use with an injector having a housing comprising at least one retaining flange and containing a motor operable to drive a piston, a sensor associated with the housing proximate to the at least one retaining flange and a control unit in communication with the sensor and the motor, the syringe comprising:

• a body having a front end and a rear end and an injection section connected to the front end;
• a plunger disposed within said body and operable to be driven by the piston of the injector;
• and
• an encoding device associated with said body and providing syringe information,
• whereby the sensor is operable to read the syringe information provided by said encoding device as said encoding device is rotated to cause engagement with the at least one retaining flange to operably engage the syringe with the injector and to forward the syringe information to the control unit, the control unit operable to receive the syringe information from the sensor and to control the motor of the injector based on the syringe information.

An injector for use with an encoding device associated with a syringe, the encoding device providing syringe information, the injector comprising:

• a housing comprising at least one retaining flange and containing a motor operable to drive a piston;
• a sensor associated with said housing proximate to the at least one retaining flange for reading syringe information provided by the encoding device, said sensor operable to read the syringe information as the encoding device is rotated to cause engagement with the at least one retaining flange on said housing;
• and
• a control unit in communication with said sensor and the motor, said control unit operable to receive the syringe information from said sensor and to control the motor based on the syringe information.