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  • PARENTERAL LIQUID ADMINISTRATION APPARATUS Filed Oct. 20, 1965 AWAO /l/l/ /flA///// INVENTOR I fl/WMS R 5/14/70 ATTORNEY United States Patent 3,348,543 7 PARENTERAL LIQUID ADMINISTRATION APPARATUS Thomas P. Stafford, Glendale, Calif., assignor to Don Baxter, Inc., Glendale, Calif., a corporation of Nevada Filed Oct. 20, 1965, Ser. No. 498,535 4 Claims. (Cl.
  • ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE In a parenteral administration system an improved magnetically controlled flow meter connected in series with a conduit, parenteral solution body and an administration needle, in which the flow meter has a freely magnetically-suspended tapered spire-like valve member pointed upstream and extending through a transverse aperture formed in a transverse partition and a manually controlled magnet is adjustably mounted on the flow meter in relation to a calibrated gauge whereby dispensing of liquid can be accurately adjusted.
  • This invention pertains to apparatus for administering parenteral liquids from a container to a patient and more particularly it relates to a magnetically operated control for varying the rate at which liquid flows to the patient.
  • Parenteral liquids as for example normal saline or 5% dextrose in water, are supplied to hospitals in containers or bottles.
  • a long, flexible plastic tube called in administration set with a venous needle at one end is connected at an opposite end to the container.
  • liquid flow rates through this administration set were controlled by pinching or crimping the flexible tube with a clamp mounted externally of the tube.
  • Many types of clamps were used as, for instance, screw clamps, metal bend clamps, roller clamps, etc.
  • Another object of this invention is to provide a magnetically operated parenteral liquid control device that will keep a constant liquid flow rate through a parenteral liquid administration apparatus.
  • Still another object of this invention is to provide a variable flow parenteral liquid administration apparatus with a magnetically controlled flow regulator that gives a direct reading of liquid flow rate through the parenteral liquid administration apparatus.
  • FIGURE 1 is a front elevational view of the variable flow parenteral liquid administration apparatus connected to a parenteral liquid container;
  • FIGURE 2 is an enlarged sectional view of the magnetically operated flow regulator in a flexible tube line of the parenteral liquid administration apparatus.
  • FIGURE 1 the parenteral 3,348,543 Patented Oct. 24, 1967 nected to a parenteral liquid container 1.
  • liquid flows in a continuous channel from parenteral liquid container 1 through flexible tube 3 and through hollow venous needle 2 which is inserted in a patients vein.
  • a magnetically actuated flow regulator 10 Disposed in the flexible tube 3 intermediate its upper and lower ends is a magnetically actuated flow regulator 10 which controls how fast liquid is administered to the patient.
  • Flow regulator 10 has a rigid tubular body 20 with a passage therethrough from an upstream end 21 to a downstream end 22. This passage connects with the liquid channel through flexible tube 3. Thus, before liquid from parenteral liquid container 1 can reach venous needle 2, it must pass through the passage in rigid tubular body 20.
  • a valving arrangement including a flange 25 integral with a wall of the tubular body and extending inwardly to a valve seat 30 which surrounds orifice 27.
  • a movable valve member labeled generally as 50 has an elongated tapered portion 51 extending into orifice '27 and preferably projecting through it and also has an enlarged portion 52 connected to elongated tapered portion 51.
  • the elongated tapered portion 51 is shown with a round cross-section but it could be of a different shapethat has a cross-section progressively increasing along its length.
  • the elongated tapered portion 51 varies the amount of liquid flowing through orifice 27.
  • movable valve member 50 is moved upwardly until elongated portion 51 seats against the valve seat 30.
  • a collar 60 and enlarged portion 52 of movable valve member 50 are magnetically coupled so longitudinal movement of collar 60 relative to the rigid tubular body 20 likewise moves valve member 50 relative to tubular body 20.
  • the precise flow rate in cubic centimeters per hour or per minute can be read directly from calibrations on rigid tubular body 20.
  • Collar 60 is supported by thread 70 on the exterior of rigid tubular body 20 and longitudinal movement'relative thereto is accomplished by rotating the collar 60 about rigid tubular body 20.
  • Collar 60 and enlarged portion 52 can be entirely of a magnetic material such as illustrated by collar 60 in FIG- URE 2, or they can have magnetic metal encased in a nonmagnetic substance as ceramic or thermoplastic, such as illustrated by enlarged portion 52 in FIGURE 2.
  • magnetic is used to denote a material or substance which can be attracted or repelled by magnetic force.
  • magnetically coupling collar 60 and movable valve member 50 together either one or both could contain a permanent magnet.
  • the elongated tapered portion 51 of movable valve member 50 tapers radially inwardly in the direction of the upstream end 21 of rigid tubular body 20. I have found this to be the preferable orientation with liquid flowing through orifice 27 trying to push the elongated tapered portion out of orifice 27. This pushing force is counteracted by magnetic section 53 and collar 60. With movable valve member 50 inverted so the elongated tapered portion 51 tapers radially inwardly toward the downstream end 22 of rigid tubular body 20, I have found that occasionally liquid flowing past elongated tapered portion 51 will suck it down into orifice 27, wedging it against valve seat 30. This can happen when the flow regulator is set at very slow flow rates.
  • the flow meter of this invention holds an incredibly steady flow rate.
  • some of the prior flexible tube pinching clamps allowed the flow rate to vary as much as fifty percent because of the cold flow in the plastic tubing.
  • my flow regulator which had been set at eighty-three drops per minute, the following were the results of a sixty-minute run:
  • a variable flow liquid administration system comprising in combination a container, conduit means, and venous needle means all connected in series, said container including a liquid to be administered, and How regulating means interposed in said conduit means and connected in series therewith, said regulating means comprising:
  • an elongated tubular body having an upper inlet and a lower outlet respectively connected in series to said conduit means, said body having a single intermediate flange disposed transversely between said inlet and outlet and defining separate chambers, said chamber above said flange containing and being filled with said liquid to be administered, said flange including a longitudinally extending orifice having a substantially uniform cross section, said flange including a lower seat surrounding said orifice; a magnetically attractive, manually-controllable element circumposed on said tubular body and adjustably secured thereto, said manually-controllable element having a longitudinal range of adjustment greater than the longitudinal length of said orifice; and a valve member including an enlarged, lower magnetically attractive enlarged portion magnetically coupled to said manually-controllable element and freely suspended in said body beneath said flange so that there is substantially no frictional resistance to movement thereof, said valve member including an elongated, integral and upwardly tapered stem tapered from said enlarged portion and extending through said orifice and therebeyond whereby
  • a variable flow liquid administration system as set forth in claim 1 in which said tubular body includes a plurality of calibrations extending longitudinally therealong and in alignment with an edge of said manually controllable element and providing a direct reading of the flow rate through said system.
  • a variable flow liquid administration system as claimed in claim 1 in which said magnetically attractive manually-controllable element comprises an annular collar threadedly engaged on the outer surface of said body.
  • variable flow liquid administration system as claimed in claim 1 in which said enlarged lower portion of said valve member comprises a magnetically attractive core encased in a plastic material formed integral with said elongated, upwardly tapered stern.
  • ROBERT B REEVES, Primary Examiner.

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Oct. 24, 1967 T. P. STAFFORD 3,348,543
PARENTERAL LIQUID ADMINISTRATION APPARATUS Filed Oct. 20, 1965 AWAO /l/l/ /flA///// INVENTOR I fl/WMS R 5/14/70 ATTORNEY United States Patent 3,348,543 7 PARENTERAL LIQUID ADMINISTRATION APPARATUS Thomas P. Stafford, Glendale, Calif., assignor to Don Baxter, Inc., Glendale, Calif., a corporation of Nevada Filed Oct. 20, 1965, Ser. No. 498,535 4 Claims. (Cl. 128-214) ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE 'In a parenteral administration system an improved magnetically controlled flow meter connected in series with a conduit, parenteral solution body and an administration needle, in which the flow meter has a freely magnetically-suspended tapered spire-like valve member pointed upstream and extending through a transverse aperture formed in a transverse partition and a manually controlled magnet is adjustably mounted on the flow meter in relation to a calibrated gauge whereby dispensing of liquid can be accurately adjusted.
This invention pertains to apparatus for administering parenteral liquids from a container to a patient and more particularly it relates to a magnetically operated control for varying the rate at which liquid flows to the patient.
Parenteral liquids, as for example normal saline or 5% dextrose in water, are supplied to hospitals in containers or bottles. When administered, a long, flexible plastic tube called in administration set with a venous needle at one end is connected at an opposite end to the container. In the past, liquid flow rates through this administration set were controlled by pinching or crimping the flexible tube with a clamp mounted externally of the tube. Many types of clamps were used as, for instance, screw clamps, metal bend clamps, roller clamps, etc.
The main weakness with all of these clamps that pinch the tube was that often they did not hold a particular set flow rate. When a flexible plastic tube is crimped, it tends to cold flow and thus become more flattened or pinched.
With one of the above clamps set at a particular setting, it was not uncommon for the flow rate through the administration set to steadily decrease until the rate was as little as fifty or sixty percent of the original setting. This gradual shutting down of liquid flow because of the cold flow and the plastic tubing required considerable attention and resetting by a nurse to maintain a desired liquid flow rate to a patient.
It is an object of this invention to provide a parenteral liquid flow control device which will hold a constant flow rate.
Another object of this invention is to provide a magnetically operated parenteral liquid control device that will keep a constant liquid flow rate through a parenteral liquid administration apparatus.
Still another object of this invention is to provide a variable flow parenteral liquid administration apparatus with a magnetically controlled flow regulator that gives a direct reading of liquid flow rate through the parenteral liquid administration apparatus.
Other objects of this invention will become apparent upon further description with reference to the following drawings, in which:
FIGURE 1 is a front elevational view of the variable flow parenteral liquid administration apparatus connected to a parenteral liquid container; and
FIGURE 2 is an enlarged sectional view of the magnetically operated flow regulator in a flexible tube line of the parenteral liquid administration apparatus.
One specific embodiment of my invention is shown in the attached drawings. In FIGURE 1, the parenteral 3,348,543 Patented Oct. 24, 1967 nected to a parenteral liquid container 1. In use, liquid flows in a continuous channel from parenteral liquid container 1 through flexible tube 3 and through hollow venous needle 2 which is inserted in a patients vein. Disposed in the flexible tube 3 intermediate its upper and lower ends is a magnetically actuated flow regulator 10 which controls how fast liquid is administered to the patient.
This flow regulator is shown more clearly in the enlarged sectional view of FIGURE 2. Flow regulator 10 has a rigid tubular body 20 with a passage therethrough from an upstream end 21 to a downstream end 22. This passage connects with the liquid channel through flexible tube 3. Thus, before liquid from parenteral liquid container 1 can reach venous needle 2, it must pass through the passage in rigid tubular body 20. Inside rigid tubular body 20 is a valving arrangement including a flange 25 integral with a wall of the tubular body and extending inwardly to a valve seat 30 which surrounds orifice 27. A movable valve member labeled generally as 50 has an elongated tapered portion 51 extending into orifice '27 and preferably projecting through it and also has an enlarged portion 52 connected to elongated tapered portion 51. In FIGURE 2, the elongated tapered portion 51 is shown with a round cross-section but it could be of a different shapethat has a cross-section progressively increasing along its length. As the entire movable valve member 50 moves longitudinally relative to the rigid tubular body 20, the elongated tapered portion 51 varies the amount of liquid flowing through orifice 27. To completely shut off liquid flow through n'gid tubular body 20, movable valve member 50 is moved upwardly until elongated portion 51 seats against the valve seat 30.
A collar 60 and enlarged portion 52 of movable valve member 50 are magnetically coupled so longitudinal movement of collar 60 relative to the rigid tubular body 20 likewise moves valve member 50 relative to tubular body 20. The precise flow rate in cubic centimeters per hour or per minute can be read directly from calibrations on rigid tubular body 20. Collar 60 is supported by thread 70 on the exterior of rigid tubular body 20 and longitudinal movement'relative thereto is accomplished by rotating the collar 60 about rigid tubular body 20. Collar 60 and enlarged portion 52 can be entirely of a magnetic material such as illustrated by collar 60 in FIG- URE 2, or they can have magnetic metal encased in a nonmagnetic substance as ceramic or thermoplastic, such as illustrated by enlarged portion 52 in FIGURE 2.
In this specification and the attached claims, the term magnetic is used to denote a material or substance which can be attracted or repelled by magnetic force. In magnetically coupling collar 60 and movable valve member 50 together, either one or both could contain a permanent magnet.
,As shown in FIGURE 2, the elongated tapered portion 51 of movable valve member 50 tapers radially inwardly in the direction of the upstream end 21 of rigid tubular body 20. I have found this to be the preferable orientation with liquid flowing through orifice 27 trying to push the elongated tapered portion out of orifice 27. This pushing force is counteracted by magnetic section 53 and collar 60. With movable valve member 50 inverted so the elongated tapered portion 51 tapers radially inwardly toward the downstream end 22 of rigid tubular body 20, I have found that occasionally liquid flowing past elongated tapered portion 51 will suck it down into orifice 27, wedging it against valve seat 30. This can happen when the flow regulator is set at very slow flow rates.
The flow meter of this invention holds an amazingly steady flow rate. As mentioned previously, some of the prior flexible tube pinching clamps allowed the flow rate to vary as much as fifty percent because of the cold flow in the plastic tubing. For example, when 5% dextrose solution in distilled water was fed to my flow regulator which had been set at eighty-three drops per minute, the following were the results of a sixty-minute run:
Rate of drops However, since the loss in head accounts for about two drops per minute, this flow regulator has a near perfect efficiency for holding a flow rate.
In this specification I have used a specific embodiment of my invention to illustrate the invention. It is, however, understood that persons skilled in the art can make certain modifications to this embodiment without departing from the spirit and scope of this invention.
I claim:
1. A variable flow liquid administration system comprising in combination a container, conduit means, and venous needle means all connected in series, said container including a liquid to be administered, and How regulating means interposed in said conduit means and connected in series therewith, said regulating means comprising:
an elongated tubular body having an upper inlet and a lower outlet respectively connected in series to said conduit means, said body having a single intermediate flange disposed transversely between said inlet and outlet and defining separate chambers, said chamber above said flange containing and being filled with said liquid to be administered, said flange including a longitudinally extending orifice having a substantially uniform cross section, said flange including a lower seat surrounding said orifice; a magnetically attractive, manually-controllable element circumposed on said tubular body and adjustably secured thereto, said manually-controllable element having a longitudinal range of adjustment greater than the longitudinal length of said orifice; and a valve member including an enlarged, lower magnetically attractive enlarged portion magnetically coupled to said manually-controllable element and freely suspended in said body beneath said flange so that there is substantially no frictional resistance to movement thereof, said valve member including an elongated, integral and upwardly tapered stem tapered from said enlarged portion and extending through said orifice and therebeyond whereby fine incremental adjustments of said liquid are provided over a wide range and at a substantially constant rate; the liquid in said upper chamber flowing around said tapered stern and preventing drag on said stem and tending to prevent impaction of said stem in said orifice and providing a liquid flowing cushion thereabout whereby the adjustments of said valve member are substantially instantaneous.
'2. A variable flow liquid administration system as set forth in claim 1 in which said tubular body includes a plurality of calibrations extending longitudinally therealong and in alignment with an edge of said manually controllable element and providing a direct reading of the flow rate through said system.
3. A variable flow liquid administration system as claimed in claim 1 in which said magnetically attractive manually-controllable element comprises an annular collar threadedly engaged on the outer surface of said body.
4. A variable flow liquid administration system as claimed in claim 1 in which said enlarged lower portion of said valve member comprises a magnetically attractive core encased in a plastic material formed integral with said elongated, upwardly tapered stern.
References Cited UNITED STATES PATENTS 2,442,599 6/ 1948 Herrick et al. 251-- 2,533,491 12/ 1950 McMahon et a1. 251-65 2,536,813 1/1951 Jones et al. 25165 2,700,395 1/'1955 Young 251-65 3,204,633 9/ 1965 Hofstra 222-158 X FOREIGN PATENTS 1,092,940 11/ 1960 Germany.
744,858 2/1956 Great Britain.
ROBERT B. REEVES, Primary Examiner.
HADD S. LANE, Examiner.

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1. A VARIABLE FLOW LIQUID ADMINISTRATION SYSTEM COMPRISING IN COMBINATION A CONTAINER, CONDUIT MEANS, AND VENOUS NEEDLE MEANS ALL CONNECTED IN SERIES, SAID CONTAINER INCLUDING A LIQUID TO BE ADMINISTERED, AND FLOWREGULATING MEANS INTERPOSED IN SAID CONDUIT MEANS AND CONNECTED IN SERIES THEREWITH, SAID REGULATING MEANS COMPRISING: AN ELONGATED TUBULAR BODY HAVING AN UPPER INLET AND A LOWER OUTLET RESPECTIVELY CONNECTED IN SERIES TO SAID CONDUIT MEANS, SAID BODY HAVING A SINGLE INTERMEDIATE FLANGE DISPOSED TRANSVERSELY BETWEEN SAID INLET AND OUTLET AND DEFINING SEPARATE CHAMBERS, SAID CHAMBER ABOVE SAID FLANGE CONTAINING AND BEING FILLED WITH SAID LIQUID TO BE ADMINISTERED, SAID FLANGE INCLUDING A LONGITUDINALLY EXTENDING ORIFICE HAVING A SUBSTANTIALLY UNIFORM CROSS SECTION, SAID FLANGE INCLUDING A LOWER SEAT SURROUNDING SAID ORIFICE; A MAGNETICALLY ATTRACTIVE, MANUALLY-CONTROLLABLE ELEMENT CIRCUMPOSED ON SAID TUBULAR BODY AND ADJUSTABLY SECURED THERETO, SAID MANUALLY-CONTROLLABLE ELEMENT HAVING A LONGITUDINAL RANGE OF ADJUSTMENT GREATER THAN THE LONGITUDINAL LENGTH OF SAID ORIFICE; AND A VALVE MEMBER INCLUDING AN ENLARGED, LOWER MAGNETICALLY ATTRACTIVE ENLARGED PORTION MAGNETICALLY COUPLED TO SAID MANUALLY-CONTROLLABLE ELEMENT AND FREELY SUSPENDED IN SAID BODY BENEATH SAID FLANGE SO THAT THERE IS SUBSTANTIALLY NO FRICTIONAL RESISTANCE TO MOVEMENT THEREOF, SAID VALVE MEMBER INCLUDING AN ELONGATED, INTEGRAL AND UPWARDLY TAPERED STEM TAPERED FROM SAID ENLARGED PORTION AND EXTENDING THROUGH SAID ORIFICE AND THEREBEYOND WHEREBY FINE INCREMENTAL ADJUSTMENTS OF SAID LIQUID ARE PROVIDED OVER A WIDE RANGE AND AT A SUBSTANTIALLY CONSTANT RATE; THE LIQUID IN SAID UPPER CHAMBER FLOWING AROUND SAID TAPERED STEM AND PREVENTING DRAG ON SAID STEM AND TENDING TO PREVENT IMPACTION OF SAID STEM IN SAID ORIFICE AND PROVIDING A LIQUID FLOWING CUSHION THEREABOUT WHEREBY THE ADJUSTMENTS OF SAID VALVE MEMBER ARE SUBSTANTIALLY INSTANTANEOUS.
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