Dental anesthetic and delivery injection unit with automated rate control
US6652482B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Aug 16, 2001 |
| Grant date | Nov 25, 2003 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 16, 2021 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA61M2202/048
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
An improved injection device is operated in a manual mode in which it delivers a liquid drug to a patient at a rate determined all the time by a control member, and a cruise control mode in which the preselected rate is maintained by the controller after the control member is released by a clinician. The control member may be used to select one of two liquid delivery rates, or alternatively a delivery rate may be selected which may have values between an upper and a lower limits. If the device is operated in the cruise control mode, an override switch must be activated to reset the rate.
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