Syringe having a piston with embedded RFID chip

US10076609B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Parker-Hannifin Corporation · US

Inventors

• Dale Ashby · Cleveland, US
• Gino Banco · Lyndhurst, US
• Rene M. Beltran · Los Angeles, US
• Beth Keiper · San Bernardino, US
• Luis A. Hernandez · Hialeah, US
• Anthony Arispe · Riverside, US
• Tomas E. Carrillo · Torrance, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Aug 19, 2013
• Grant date: Sep 18, 2018
• Expiry date: May 5, 2035

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B29L2031/7544
• WIPO field: Other special machines
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

Although injection molding includes extreme conditions, an RFID device may be over-molded by injection molding. A syringe includes a barrel having a first and second axial ends, the barrel defining a cavity therein; a plunger configured to be received in the cavity and define with the barrel a chamber for holding a fluid, the plunger being axially moveable within the barrel for increasing and decreasing the volume of the chamber thereby respectively forcing fluid into or out of the chamber; and a plunger seal, also known as a “syringe stopper” for sealing between the plunger and the barrel, the plunger seal including an RFID device for identifying the syringe. The plunger seal may be made by injection molding.