METHOD FOR DRUG DELIVERY TO ANIMALS
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1. A method for delivering a fluid to an animal, the method comprising the steps of:
- a. providing at least one catheterb. inserting the catheter into the animal, so that a fluid can be withdrawn from the animal;
c. connecting the at least one catheter by at least one disposable tube to at least one drug delivery device having1. at least one syringe containing a fluid; and
2. at least one valve that has a first position and a second position, wherein the second position receives one of the at least one disposable tubes therethrough; and
d. injecting the fluid into the animal by opening the second position of the at least one valve and pushing the at least one syringe so that the fluid will flow through the at least one disposable tube, through the catheter and into the animal.
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Abstract
A method for delivering a fluid to an animal with a drug delivery device without causing contamination to the drug delivery device. The drug delivery device used by the method may comprise a fluid subsystem with a switching device, disposable syringes, fluid reservoirs, disposable tubing, and a catheter. In one embodiment, the method allows a user to deliver multiple drugs to an animal without contaminating the valves that control the flow of fluid.
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23 Claims
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1. A method for delivering a fluid to an animal, the method comprising the steps of:
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a. providing at least one catheter b. inserting the catheter into the animal, so that a fluid can be withdrawn from the animal; c. connecting the at least one catheter by at least one disposable tube to at least one drug delivery device having 1. at least one syringe containing a fluid; and 2. at least one valve that has a first position and a second position, wherein the second position receives one of the at least one disposable tubes therethrough; and d. injecting the fluid into the animal by opening the second position of the at least one valve and pushing the at least one syringe so that the fluid will flow through the at least one disposable tube, through the catheter and into the animal. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. A method for collecting fluids from an animal, the method comprising the steps of:
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a. providing a waste outlet and a catheter; b. inserting the catheter into the animal, so that a fluid can be withdrawn from the animal; c. connecting the catheter to at least one drug delivery device having 1. a first syringe and a second syringe, wherein the second syringe is connected to the first syringe by a first syringe outlet and a second syringe outlet and the second syringe is connected to the catheter and the waste outlet by the second syringe outlet, a source outlet and a catheter outlet; 2. at least one fluid reservoir with a fluid, wherein the at least one fluid reservoir is connected to at least one of the two syringes by at least one syringe inlet; and 3. a first valve that has a first position that contains the at least one syringe inlet and a second position that contains the first syringe outlet, a second valve that has a first position that may contain at least one syringe inlet and a second position that contains the second syringe outlet, and a third valve that has a first position that contains the catheter outlet and a second position that contains the waste outlet; d. withdrawing a fluid sample from the animal into the second syringe by opening the second position of the second valve, opening the first position of the third valve and pulling the second syringe, so that the fluid sample will pass through the catheter into the drug delivery device and into the second syringe; and e. collecting the fluid sample by opening the second position of the third valve and pushing the second syringe, so that the fluid sample will pass out of the drug delivery device through the waste outlet.
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