Medical fluid autoconnection and autoidentification method

US8512275B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignees

• Baxter International Inc. · US
• Baxter Healthcare SA · CH

Inventors

• Robert W. Childers · Holiday, US
• Patrick Lee · Long Grove, US
• Audrey Kopychev · Clearwater, US
• Douglas Reitz · Libertyville, US
• Rodolfo Roger · Clearwater, US
• John F. Steck · Round Lake, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 11, 2012
• Grant date: Aug 20, 2013
• Expiry date: Jun 11, 2032

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10T29/49826
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A medical fluid autoconnection method includes: enabling acceptance a pierceable connector that is capable of fluidly communicating with a source of medical fluid into a moveable holder; temporarily fixing a spike to a medical fluid pumping machine; automatically detecting whether the pierceable connector has been placed into the moveable holder; if the pierceable connector is sensed as being placed in the moveable holder, moving the holder so that the spike pierces the pierceable connector; and enabling medical fluid to be pumped from the source through the connected spiked and connector.