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US4654026:
Intravascular tube assembly
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| Country: |
US United States of America
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| Inventor: |
Underwood, Mara Z.; Radnor, PA 19087
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| Assignee: |
None
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| Published / Filed: |
1987-03-31
/ 1984-12-26
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| Application Number: |
US1984000686287
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| IPC Code: |
Advanced:
A61M 5/14;
A61M 39/08;
Core:
A61M 39/00;
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IPC-7:
A61M 5/00;
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| U.S. Class: |
Current:
604/080;
128/DIG.026;
138/112;
604/173;
Original:
604/080;
604/173;
128/DIG.26;
138/112;
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| Field of Search: |
024/345,30.55
604/080-86,56,92,173,246-262,408-410
128/DIG. 26
138/108,112
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| Priority Number: |
| 1984-12-26 |
US1984000686287 |
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| Abstract: |
An intravascular tube assembly is disclosed which facilitates the administration of drugs and fluids to a patient. The invention is especially useful during emergency surgery, or in other contexts where several medications need to be administered simultaneously, and wherein it is necessary to provide a complicated assortment of infusion lines. The assembly comprises a plurality of tubes for delivering the fluids, the tubes having indicia disposed at intervals along their length. In the preferred embodiment, the indicia are printed on the tubes at intervals of about six inches, and are printed three times at each location along the tube, around its circumference. Alternatively, the indicia can be printed in a spiral fashion from one end of the tube to the other. The assembly also includes at least one generally flat separator having a plurality of spaced-apart holes, the diameter of the holes being slightly larger than the diameter of the tubes. The separator has slots which permit the tubes to be quickly snapped into place. The separator therefore maintains the tubes in spaced relation, and prevents them from becoming tangled during the operation. The indicia on each tube are unique to that tube, inabling operating room personnel quickly to inject the proper fluid into the patient, without the need to trace the path of the tube from its fluid source.
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| Attorney, Agent or Firm: |
Elman, Gerry J. ;
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| Primary / Asst. Examiners: |
Truluck, Dalton L.;
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First Claim:
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What is claimed is:
1. An intravascular tube assembly, comprising:
- (a) at least two substantially clear, plastic intravascular tubes, each of the tubes being connected at one end, to
- (b) a tube adapter, each of said tube adapters being adapted to sealably connect a source of fluid to be injected into a patient to one of the tubes,
- (c) each of the tubes being connected at the other end to a cannula connector,
- (d) each of said cannula connectors being adapted to sealably connect one of the tubes with means for injecting fluids into the patient,
- (e) the tubes having a plurality of indicia displayed along each of said tubes at predetermined intervals, the indicia appearing on a given tube being different from the indicia appearing on any other tube of the assembly, the indicia appearing on one of said tubes being the same along the length of that tube, and
- (f) at least one generally flat separator, the separator having a plurality of spaced-apart holes, the holes being adapted to receive said tubes, wherein the separator maintains the spacing of the tubes passing therethrough, and wherein the separator has at least one slot connecting the separator hole with the edqe of the separator, whereby one of the tubes may be quickly placed within or removed from the separator hole.
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