Syringe adapter
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Abstract
A syringe adapter assembly 10 for permitting a front loadable power injector 100 having a pressure jacket 106 with an open front end to attach syringes 70 that do not require pressure jackets for their intended purpose. The syringe adapter assembly comprises a main adapter body 12 having a central bore 28 therethrough, a lifting ring 60 secured within the main adapter body 12, a connector plate 50 for attaching the main adapter body to the door injector, and a drive ram extender 30 that attaches to the drive ram. Additionally, the ram extender 30 may have a ram tip cone 40 attached at its forward end. The connector plate 50 is inserted into a recess 112 in the rear side of the door, and attaches to the main adapter body 12 located on the front side of the door. The invention additionally or alternatively comprises both a syringe lock 120 that locks an installed syringe relative to the injector to prevent unwanted movement of the syringe, and a method of locking syringe relative to an injector.
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22 Claims
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1. (canceled)
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2. A syringe adapter assembly for a front-loading power injector having a door with an opening therethrough, the adapter assembly comprising:
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an adapter body having central bore therethrough, a front end that is adapted to engage a syringe, and a rear portion that is operable to abut against an outer surface of said door; and
a rear connector plate that is operable to abut against an inner surface of said door, wherein connectors engaging both the rear connector plate and the adapter body secure the adapter assembly to the injector. - View Dependent Claims (3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A syringe adapter for attaching a syringe to a power injector, comprising:
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an adapter body having a central bore therethrough, a rear end attachable to the injector, and a front end attachable to a syringe, and a syringe lock to retain an engaged syringe in a substantially fixed position relative to the adapter body. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A method of locking a syringe relative to a front-loadable power injector, the method comprising the steps of:
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providing a syringe having mounting flanges proximate to a rear end of the syringe;
providing a front-loadable injector having a syringe receiving opening and a pair of retaining flanges adapted to engage the syringe mounting flanges upon rearward insertion of the syringe within the opening and rotation of the syringe;
providing a syringe lock in a rotational path of the syringe; and
,installing a syringe relative to the injector by engaging the syringe mounting flanges with the injector retaining flanges.
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Specification