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Drug delivery cassette

US7727194B2 · kind B2 · utility

21Cited by

14References

7Claims

0Family size

Assignee

Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. · US

Inventors

Anil K. Nalagatla · Mason, US
Charles B. Burford · Mason, US
Tommy Cushing · McKinney, US
William T. Donofrio · Cincinnati, US
Richard W. Flaker · Lancaster, US
Ross G. Krogh · Long Grove, US
Lee K. Kulle · Mundelein, US
Louis Sabo · Coupland, US

Key dates

Filing date	Jun 21, 2005
Grant date	Jun 1, 2010
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Feb 24, 2028

Classification

Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
CPC primaryA61M2230/63
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

Disclosed is a drug-delivery cassette for use with a drug delivery device. The cassette includes a main board and a luer site base portion connected to the main board for positioning a luer on the main board. A drip chamber is included on the main board to collect any drug that exits the luer when the luer is attached to the luer site portion. A deflectable sensor beam is positioned to detect the presence or absence of a luer in the luer site base portion. The drug-delivery cassette further includes a drug vial spike attachable to and detachable from the cassette main board that is connected to the luer by way of a drug delivery tube.

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