Abstract: A disposable unit for delivering fluid medium to one of a plurality of patients includes a sterile patient supply tube, and structure for receiving pressurized fluid medium into the patient supply tube. One or more devices is provided for precluding backflow of material from the patient to the fluid medium receiving structure, for preventing contamination of the fluid medium receiving structure and/or for preventing cross-contamination between patients.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
March 12, 1999
Date of Patent:
August 27, 2002
Assignee:
Medrad, Inc.
Inventors:
Russell Morrison Evans, III, Arthur E. Uber, III
Abstract: This invention relates generally to the field of medical devices for delivering contrast media during medical diagnostic and therapeutic imaging procedures and more particularly, this invention relates to improved contrast media delivery systems and methods of use which allow adjustment of contrast media concentration and injection parameters either before or during an injection procedure to provide patient specific dosing of contrast media, thus decreasing the waste and cost of these procedures while increasing their efficiency.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
November 23, 1998
Date of Patent:
May 7, 2002
Assignee:
Medrad, Inc.
Inventors:
Arthur E. Uber, III, Alan D. Hirschman, Thomas R. Welch, Rosemary Almon-Martin