Abstract: The pressure jacket systems of the invention are used to permit the front loading and removal of a syringe from an injector and include a first jacket segment and a second jacket segment surrounding the exterior surface of the syringe, interior surfaces comformable to the exterior surface of the syringe, a mechanism which allows movement of the first jacket segment in relation to the second jacket segment to permit insertion and removal of the syringe from the pressure jacket, and a mechanism for securing the first and second jacket segments in a fixed relationship upon insertion of the syringe.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
May 4, 1999
Date of Patent:
April 16, 2002
Assignee:
Medrad, Inc.
Inventors:
David M. Reilly, Arthur E. Uber, III, Alan D. Hirschman, Eugene A. Gelblum