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US 6,149,631 AGranted
Drip impinging intravenous drip chamber
OwnerLeo Joseph Haydel, Jr.inventor
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Abstract
A drip chamber including an inlet member, a transparent housing chamber and an outlet member wherein an impinging member connected to the inlet member breaks the flow of the intravenous fluid when the fluid forms a indiscernible fluid stream to cause the fluid to accumulate into droplets that are readily visible by medical personnel.
Claims4
A drip chamber for an intravenous fluid assembly comprising:
- a transparent chamber housing having an inlet member and an outlet member formed to channel intravenous fluid flow through the transparent chamber housing;
- the inlet member including a sleeve member;
- the sleeve member having a base member and a fine bore tube mounted to the base member, the fine bore tube extending from the base member;
- an impinging member attached to the base member and extending parallel to the fine bore tube such that the intravenous fluid flow is impinged when the intravenous fluid flow forms a fluid stream to cause the fluid to form visible fluid droplets.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.