CA1096459A - Automatic air-in-line fluid detector - Google Patents

Automatic air-in-line fluid detector

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CA1096459A
CA1096459A CA284,542A CA284542A CA1096459A CA 1096459 A CA1096459 A CA 1096459A CA 284542 A CA284542 A CA 284542A CA 1096459 A CA1096459 A CA 1096459A
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Oscar E. Hyman
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Imed Corp
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61M—DEVICES FOR INTRODUCING MEDIA INTO, OR ONTO, THE BODY; DEVICES FOR TRANSDUCING BODY MEDIA OR FOR TAKING MEDIA FROM THE BODY; DEVICES FOR PRODUCING OR ENDING SLEEP OR STUPOR
    • A61M5/00—Devices for bringing media into the body in a subcutaneous, intra-vascular or intramuscular way; Accessories therefor, e.g. filling or cleaning devices, arm-rests
    • A61M5/36—Devices for bringing media into the body in a subcutaneous, intra-vascular or intramuscular way; Accessories therefor, e.g. filling or cleaning devices, arm-rests with means for eliminating or preventing injection or infusion of air into body
    • A61M5/365—Air detectors
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G01—MEASURING; TESTING
    • G01N—INVESTIGATING OR ANALYSING MATERIALS BY DETERMINING THEIR CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
    • G01N21/00—Investigating or analysing materials by the use of optical means, i.e. using sub-millimetre waves, infrared, visible or ultraviolet light
    • G01N21/84—Systems specially adapted for particular applications
    • G01N21/85—Investigating moving fluids or granular solids
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G01—MEASURING; TESTING
    • G01P—MEASURING LINEAR OR ANGULAR SPEED, ACCELERATION, DECELERATION, OR SHOCK; INDICATING PRESENCE, ABSENCE, OR DIRECTION, OF MOVEMENT
    • G01P13/00—Indicating or recording presence, absence, or direction, of movement
    • G01P13/008—Indicating or recording presence, absence, or direction, of movement by using a window mounted in the fluid carrying tube
    • G01P13/0086—Indicating or recording presence, absence, or direction, of movement by using a window mounted in the fluid carrying tube with photo-electric detection
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
    • Y10S—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10S128/00—Surgery
    • Y10S128/13—Infusion monitoring

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  • Vascular Medicine (AREA)
  • Heart & Thoracic Surgery (AREA)
  • Analytical Chemistry (AREA)
  • Biochemistry (AREA)
  • Emergency Medicine (AREA)
  • Immunology (AREA)
  • Pathology (AREA)
  • Infusion, Injection, And Reservoir Apparatuses (AREA)
  • Investigating Or Analysing Materials By Optical Means (AREA)
CA284,542A 1976-08-12 1977-08-11 Automatic air-in-line fluid detector Expired CA1096459A (en)

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US713,664 1976-08-12
US05/713,664 US4114144A (en) 1976-08-12 1976-08-12 Automatic air-in-line fluid detector

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JP (1) JPS5321887A (Direct)
AU (1) AU506982B2 (Direct)
BR (1) BR7705007A (Direct)
CA (1) CA1096459A (Direct)
DE (2) DE2736218C3 (Direct)
FR (1) FR2361644A1 (Direct)
GB (1) GB1550060A (Direct)
SE (1) SE428873B (Direct)

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BR7705007A (pt) 1978-06-06
DE2736218A1 (de) 1978-02-23
AU506982B2 (en) 1980-01-31
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JPS5321887A (en) 1978-02-28
SE428873B (sv) 1983-08-01
DE2736218B2 (de) 1981-04-23
US4114144A (en) 1978-09-12
DE7724982U1 (de) 1979-02-08
JPS6128092B2 (Direct) 1986-06-28
FR2361644B1 (Direct) 1981-04-10
SE7709081L (sv) 1978-02-13
FR2361644A1 (fr) 1978-03-10
GB1550060A (en) 1979-08-08

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