Apparatus and method for programming a KVO phase and a first phase of an injection procedure as a flushing medium phase

US7079886B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• MEDRAD, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Doug Zatezalo · Washington, US
• Jeffrey Thompson · Washington, US
• Steven Rygg · Irwin, US
• Scott R. Griffith · Murrysville, US
• John Gardner · Markesan, US
• Ronald Barbati · Pittsburgh, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Aug 28, 2001
• Grant date: Jul 18, 2006
• Expiry date: May 3, 2022

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61M5/007
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A fluid injection arrangement in the context of patient imaging systems, in which phases of contrast medium injection and flushing medium injection can be freely and selectably ordered as to make available to the operator and patient a vast array of possible protocols that has hitherto been essentially unattainable. The arrangement provides a programmable KVO phase and the ability to program a first phase of injection procedure as a flushing medium phase.