Medical injection system
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1. A syringe comprising:
- walls forming a cylindrical chamber;
a transfer device connected to at least one of said walls;
a piston operating in said cylindrical chamber to transfer material between said transfer device and said cylindrical chamber;
an actuator magnetically coupled to said piston through at least one of said walls; and
said actuator being located in a position on said syringe independent of a position of said piston.
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Abstract
A method and apparatus is described for the storage and transfer of medical material. In one aspect of the invention a syringe having rodless piston magnetically couples to an actuator that is positioned along the syringe independent of the rodless piston. Another aspect contemplates using medical material in a cartridge that is used to store like an ampoule and transfer like a syringe.
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1. A syringe comprising:
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walls forming a cylindrical chamber;
a transfer device connected to at least one of said walls;
a piston operating in said cylindrical chamber to transfer material between said transfer device and said cylindrical chamber;
an actuator magnetically coupled to said piston through at least one of said walls; and
said actuator being located in a position on said syringe independent of a position of said piston. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A medical material storage and delivery cartridge comprising:
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a casing forming a cylindrical chamber having at least one opening;
a stopper positioned in a sealing engagement to said casing to block the at least one opening and penetrable by a transfer device; and
a piston operating in said cylindrical chamber such that when said cartridge is connected to the transfer device, said piston transfers material between said transfer device and said cylindrical chamber. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. A method for storing and dispensing medical material comprising the steps of:
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providing a cartridge including a casing forming a cylindrical chamber having at least one opening;
a stopper positioned in a sealing engagement to said casing to block the at least one opening and penetrable by a transfer device; and
a rodless piston;
inserting a medical material into said cartridge;
storing said medical material in said cartridge;
dispensing said medical material from said cartridge to a living body by operating said rodless piston in said cylindrical chamber such that when said cartridge is connected to the transfer device, said rodless piston transfers material through said transfer device from said cylindrical chamber to the living body. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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